seems weird..every time i shutdown my pi,i would have a hard time getting it to boot,i have to leave it unplug for a few hours before it could boot normally.anyone experiencing the same problem?

well,using a class 10 sandisk ultra sd card..well,when ever i turn it off,i couldn't boot it up

window doesn't even detect my card,thats the problem,haha! using an ipad charger,2.1A,plenty of power since i'm running headless,no keyboard mouse or anything drawing power from the pi

old crt got problem lah kot. my composite to vga adapter in lowyat works well enough.

it should be auto detect.. unlike audio you have an option to change from audio jack or HDMI.
Suspect your TV resolution cannot cope hence giving no signal?
Try plugin to HDMI TV and set resolution to lower ones and try again?

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completed the 5v regulator for the pi

using ipad/iphone/ianything charger won't get you 5v. only 4.6v. that alone BARELY powers up the RPi. let alone with other devices.

I never trusted apple to make good enough product, and this furthers my belief

a simple way to check if the power supply powers your RPi correctly is to plug it into RPi and buy a cheap RM10/20 multimeter and connect the multimeter's black + red cable to the RPi lah.

if it says anything below 4.7 then you're in trouble

thundermatch is hugely overpriced compared with the official price which is 35USD... 

anyway, I'm thinking of making few on/off switches/buttons that connect to the RPi - say, 20, 30 buttons - that on pressing it will execute a command (whatever command, be it in python or xbmc or whatever doesn't matter). Does anybody have any idea as to where to start?

I'm guessing the setup will be something like

buttons -> breakout board -> GPIO RPi

any idea guys? the breakout board (or something that can interface with 30 buttons) prolly needs to have tons of input that connects to the buttons.... no?

but this is only for one or maybe 2 or 3 or a few button. i want to control at least 20, 30?
it's for my arcade project 

kb matrix circuit eh? how'd you go about making one? looks simple enough.

would it be simple to just buy a normal keyboard, cut the usb cord into GPIO-compatible wiring and somehow attach a wire that goes to the plywood board that has buttons?

I just made a laser-cut clear acrylic case for my pi 

if anyone want a laser-cut acrylic case, please let me know 

but this is only for one or maybe 2 or 3 or a few button. i want to control at least 20, 30?
it's for my arcade project 

A keyboard matrix would need far less GPIO no? at least that's what I thought. and I thought a keyboard matrix would do exactly like what you suggested? as in, give a matrix output?

if I could just hack open a keyboard and somehow take out the membrane keys and connect wires+buttons to it..... should be possible kan?

just need to figure out how to replace the membrane keys on the keyboard with long wires and switches, if that's even possible (i'm sure it is, just don't quite understand how membrane key works that's all).

i am not sure about the others, but vztech 7 port one worked just nice for me.

Yeah, its a powered hub, i dont remmember the power rating, plug sudah hilang..

How do I get RaspBMC to output video via composite?
Old CRT TV shows no signal.

Switch on or off the powered hub.