Reply To: Transfering roms directly from pc to the micro sd card

[shades42]

If you know the IP address of your PI ( assuming it is connected to the network ) samba a pretty easy way to put your roms where the need to be.

Just punch in the following on your pc

\\192.168.1.123 ( assuming that is your pi ip address )
\\retropie (also works for me )

You should see 4 folders, bios,configs,roms, splashscreen. Open up the roms folder and drag and drop, easy and I have had no issues with doing it this way.

The bad blocks could be from your OC of the pi, I would check out this link and run the stresstest.

https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-setup/wiki/Overclocking

Will give you an idea if the OC is causing corruption of your SD card.

I would also add this line to your config.txt ( where your overclock settings would be )

temp_limit=65

At least to start, as this will stop the overclock settings if your temperatures reach what ever # you put in. I have read some PI 2’s can show issues if temps reach over 65 degrees C but the warranty default is 85 C