Gp2x Stuck On Green Screen!

[Treponema]

I really need some help here. I just got my new GP2X oday from Lik-sang, and when I turn it on it first goes to a grey diagonal screen, then in a few seconds it goes to a green/yellow screen that says “Loading GP2X” and has the firmware ver as 1.2.1. And here it stays… forever. I have tried booting it >10 times, and I have left it for more then 10 minutes and it just stays at the green screen. I have tried 3 different sets of batteries, and I don’t have any SD cards installed, and I have no idea what to do. Has anyone had this problem before? Would re-flashing the firmware fix anything??

Thanks for any ideas!

Trep

 

[TelcoLou]

It seems like it's DOA. Send it back; it should boot even without an SD card inserted.

 

[bmilleker]

Make sure your using good Nihm 2500mah batteries. If all 3 battery sets are alkalines, then this might be your problem.

 

[Radek]

I really need some help here. I just got my new GP2X oday from Lik-sang, and when I turn it on it first goes to a grey diagonal screen, then in a few seconds it goes to a green/yellow screen that says “Loading GP2X” and has the firmware ver as 1.2.1. And here it stays… forever. I have tried booting it >10 times, and I have left it for more then 10 minutes and it just stays at the green screen. I have tried 3 different sets of batteries, and I don’t have any SD cards installed, and I have no idea what to do. Has anyone had this problem before? Would re-flashing the firmware fix anything??

Thanks for any ideas!

Trep

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For 99 percent filesystem on the internal flash memory got corrupted. It can be remedied by reflasing it.

You can read how to fix it here.

And yes - it is (was?) quite common but with newer firmwares it doesn't happen as much.

 

[Lupin3rd]

I had this problem using an SD card the GP2X didn't like, try booting without the SD card in. If that works you'll need to try another card!