Emulation goes in crash after seconds game.... strange

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I have put some little collection of roms on a pendrive connected in a usb port of my Pi2.

On this folder i have put some .gb files… i have tryed some of it and apparently all it’s ok but i have see a strange issue:
At seconds games i try to lauch it my Pi2 goes in completely crash:
On TV a freeze image… my Pi2 goes unreachable by SSH or any other source (like webpage or never respond from a keyboard) and the only solution it’s unplug it for power source.

How i can understand how because it’s append this ??
I don’t thinks it’s important but i use a GameStop Xbox 360 Gamepad connected to another usb port… could this be the problem?

In my case I have 3 ports occupied out of 4:

  1. A bluethoot adaptor for a bluethoot keyboard
  2. a 64GB Pendrive how it’s stored some media contents and this little package of roms
  3. The GamePad at right now.

How i can try to understand because the emulation it’s freeze ?

EDIT
OMG… i have retry after this another crash.
I have start another games and it’s crash immediatelly… after about 30 seconds of games.

It’s power source issue ? what are the possible causes ? It’s the roms stored on usb pendrive the issue ??

EDIT 2
Only for purpose test… i have found a new power source for my Pi2… a 5V 3A my brothers as buy for a his device.
Tomorrow i can pick from his and i can try if can help to this issue… if yes i need to buy a new power source and i have already put in my cart the osmc power source at about 5GBP…

3

To eliminate that as an issue, try copying two rom files to osmc-homefolder, unplug the pendrive and try to start the games i succession.

4

After this day i have tryed whit a newest power source.
Actually the problem seems to be solved…now i can perfectly play even different games and even for several hours.
Some crash/freeze it’s still remain but I can’t be sure the cause is emulation itself… for example 5 minutes ago I was doing a speedtest using CLI and all it’s freeze…

that the problem is elsewhere? the sd that starts to corrupt ? only time can tell :slight_smile:

5

what emulation core? cause some of em are fairly broken if your running from kodi

6

mmmmm… mainly those for nes and gb in all variant.
probably do a setup with an sd whit an os like retropie (where perhaps the same emulators are updated in some cases even daily) it wouldn’t be a bad idea :slight_smile:

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This really sounds like a power issue, especially with that many USB devices drawing current at once. The freezes and total lockups are classic signs the Pi isn’t getting enough stable power. Trying the 5V 3A supply is a good move, and I’d bet that solves it before you start blaming the ROMs or emulator.