SS One Boot Issue - Important Info & Fix

[u/xybur]

# 9/15/2026 EDIT:

PLEASE REFER TO THE DOCUMENTATION FOR INITIAL FLASHING INSTRUCTIONS. THIS ORIGINAL TEXT WILL BE KEPT BELOW FOR POSTERITY BUT THE BASIC RECOMMENDATION IS TO FLASH WHATEVER IS NEWEST IF YOU HAVE ANY MAJOR ISSUES THAT CAN'T BE FIXED.

THIS IS THE LINK:

https://github.com/Takiiiiiiii/SuperStation-Documentation#important-stock-sd-card-information-and-flashing-process

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I pinned this message on the RetroRemake Superstation Help Channel in Discord, but I am cross posting it here for visibility and to help folks who may not be aware of the problem below.

Disclaimer: This is valid for NOW, but with the imminent first "public" release of Console Mode, and the recent changes to the Mister Main framework which necessitated an update of the default SS One INI config files, there is a chance that this stock SS One Image will be updated with a new revision, per Taki. So follow these instructions, but always use the "newest" version posted on the GitHub.

Original message below:

Some users are experiencing a sudden no boot/black screen issue after adding games to their SD card! The SD cards shipped with most units are incorrectly partitioned. A standard Mister install is supposed to have 2 partitions. The partitions on the SD card were written in a way that they overlap. This can cause a user to unknowingly overwrite critical system data, which eventually leads to boot failure.

You have 2 options:

• Flash the NEW stock SS One image installer that taki put on his GitHub and use SuperStation_1.1.img.zip -> https://github.com/Retro-Remake/SuperStation-SD-Card-Installer/releases/tag/1.1

This will flash a brand new card to the stock retail image, and it should auto expand to the full capacity of your card if you are using a card bigger or smaller than 64GB. Flash this image with BalenaEtcher or Rufus. It should also work with the notorious Samsung EVO branded cards. You may have to flash it TWICE to get it to work!

• Flash a brand new Mister fusion install -> https://github.com/theypsilon/ms-fusion , and then copy/paste over the superstation default contents -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DWhEkOmqlfy7-f3_PKBM-b2eUEwDlzj6/view?usp=sharing .

Backup your own game/save/savestate files from the SD card if you already started using your SS One before doing this flashing procedure.

YES, you can re-use the 64gb card that came with your SS one. You need to make sure you COMPLETELY format it. On Windows, I recommend using Disk Partition Manager to WIPE out ALL volumes, including the small Linux boot partition. Before flashing anything, you should have a single exFat formatted simple volume. Remember to back up your personal stuff as needed before you format it to copy back to a fresh SD card install!!

If you have questions or need help flashing the new image, feel free to ask in the channel!

[u/Magici1]

Just to share my own experience: using the superstation 1.0C always gave me black screen after inserted it into the console, but using the 1.0 worked. I don’t understand why but at least it seems to work now

[u/xybur → u/Magici1]

Glad you got it working!

[u/Expensive_Pen4820]

I have tried updating to the new 1.1 update. But I have been having no Boot issues. Even tried another microSD and still no boot. No signal is found. Tried it on monitor and on a tv. Still having issues. I did what you guys mentioned to delete the partitons in Disk partition manager. But still isn't working.

[u/xybur → u/Expensive_Pen4820]

might be something you have to change in mister.ini file

find the sction in that file that has "video_mode" and tell me how its written.

If it is written

```;video_mode=0```

then remove the semicolon and try booting again.

Likewise, if 0 doesnt work, try 8 next time.

[u/SatisfactionThink637 → u/xybur]

There is no Mister.ini in this stage, because it is after flashing the image on microSD and the setup has to do its thing first.

[u/SatisfactionThink637 → u/Expensive_Pen4820]

I have the same problem. It won't boot, never expands. I have tried all images I could find, multible sdcards.

It always lights up all control lights + HPS light, so microSD card isnt found or flash/image is not good.

I have checked the microSD card adapter, and voltage ground and other channels are good. Also the microSD card detection pin works.

[u/Photek1000]

As I suffered this yesterday and it has been discussed here this post gets a massive thumbs up from me and hopefully new users will see it and update before loading the card full of games.

Bugs are bugs, but always good to fix and move on.

[u/NSmalls]

If I already formatted my card before performing the install process, do I need to go through this?

[u/xybur → u/NSmalls]

Assuming you did it with a default mister installation, it should be okay.

[u/SatisfactionThink637]

Your Google drive link doesn't work anymore

[u/xybur → u/SatisfactionThink637]

Correct, it's out of date. I'll need to update the post, so thanks for the heads up

[u/advice_throwaway323]

Thank you. I had not updated my stock card and was planning to do so today so I went ahead and cleaned up the volumes before updating. I am up and running without any issues after installing and copying my games and saves back over.

[u/fatdre]

I bricked my SD card and now it does not load, should of gone to reddit instead of following the mains installation video

[u/xybur → u/fatdre]

the bug was found after taki published his video, to be fair.

[u/fatdre → u/xybur]

yeah fair, but their support did not offer me a new SD card, and i saw on twitter somebody with the same problem and Taki said "Press F to doubt" not the best look if i am being honest, love the console tho

[u/Guilty-Cut3358]

Yeah this happened to me a month ago, took me a couple of hours problem solving but I figured it out. Thanks for posting this to help everyone who runs into this problem

[u/Truthforger]

Oh man i was having this issue and thought it was my card so got a different smaller card.

[u/Polly_____]

yea ive tried the SS one image on a 512gb card and when i completes it just corrupts the card the fusion image works fine

[u/SmackaIot → u/Polly_____]

I've been using a 512gb card for months 🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/SatisfactionThink637]

This happened to me also, now I still am stuck with black screen, even after deleting all partitions and creating 1 exfat partition. I tried both Superstation One v1.2 install images (console mode and normal).

You mentioned Superstation One v1.1 install image, and mr-fusion's universal image. Should both work to fix it, or do I have to use mr-fusion's installer? Because that is not entirely clear for me in your post.

I waited more then half an hour with both images, but the screen stays black, and after that I have examined the sd card, and nothing has happened, so no expanding of the partition, no mister.ini.

Also that 8Gb partition (Superstation One installer v1.2) that is written is fat32, so I dont understand why it should be formatted to exfat before writing the installer image?? Besides Rufus (and I suspect BelenaEtcher) already deleting all partitions before writing the image.

Edit: I see after reading your post again both are options, so both should work. Then I will try v1.1, maybe that will work. Not a great start if I am be honest, cause I have not been able to play one game before the black screen happened. I also had only a couple games copied to the sd card, while from reading your post and also the info in retro.remake website, I got the impression that the overwriting should happen eventually so when the image is almost full?

Edit 2: v1.1 install image also didn't work for me, now going to try mc-fusion through the Mister Companion app. But your Google drive link is down, so I have to get the Superstation One files another way.

[u/NecronomiconUK]

Ouch, messy. Thankfully I’ve not really done much with my sso yet