The new Pi 2 that I purchased is dead on arrival. I can't get past the initial "rainbow" splash screen. The red power light is on, but I never see the green activity led light. I've tried both the pre-installed/loaded wheezy sd card (purchased in this same Adafruit order) and an 8 gig card that I use in another raspberry pi. Both cards do the same thing in the Pi 2 (rainbow, no green act LED). Both cards work if I use them in my B+ pi....therefore I'm pretty sure there is a hardware issue with my new Pi 2.
What are my options? Customer support said I had to post here first to see if tech support could help.
Order number was No: 733490-0566084699
Help with Raspberry Pi 2
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- adafruit_support_mike
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Re: Help with Raspberry Pi 2
Make sure you have the most recent version of Raspbian.
The v2 has a new microprocessor, so older versions of the OS won't work. You need 2015-01-31 or newer.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
You can check the date of the version on your existing cards by booting on the B+ and entering:
The v2 has a new microprocessor, so older versions of the OS won't work. You need 2015-01-31 or newer.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
You can check the date of the version on your existing cards by booting on the B+ and entering:
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dmesg | head | grep version
- my_junkmail
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Re: Help with Raspberry Pi 2
Doh! Thanks. That was it. Not sure how I missed this. I had picked the B+ instead of raspberry 2 link.
Rasp 2 is up and running...Thanks again for the help.
Rasp 2 is up and running...Thanks again for the help.
- adafruit_support_mike
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Re: Help with Raspberry Pi 2
Glad to hear it's working for you. Happy hacking!
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