Raspberry Pi 4 B not booting
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- tmoore747
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Raspberry Pi 4 B not booting
I have a Raspberry Pi 4 model B that I received a couple of days ago. I have only been able to get it to boot once. I imaged two different SD cards using the official Raspberry Pi Imaging tool and Balena etcher. I checked the SD card and HDMI cable on another Pi and they work fine. I am also using the official power adapter. When trying to boot, the red light stays lit and the green light flashes in no obvious pattern and then goes dark.
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Re: Raspberry Pi 4 B not booting
What did you do with the Pi the one time it did boot?
- tmoore747
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Re: Raspberry Pi 4 B not booting
I worked through the setup steps for wireless, password, etc and then I shut it down so I could come back to it later. It had failed to boot prior to this and now each attempt since.
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Re: Raspberry Pi 4 B not booting
Which RAM size variant Pi do you have?
If you remove the SD card and then apply power, what does the ACT LED do?
If you remove the SD card and then apply power, what does the ACT LED do?
- tmoore747
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Re: Raspberry Pi 4 B not booting
Without an SD card, the ACT light is solid green. It is the 8 gb version.
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Re: Raspberry Pi 4 B not booting
Just to make sure what this is. It's one of these?I am also using the official power adapter.
https://www.adafruit.com/product/4298
Did anything ever get attached to the Pi's GPIO headers?
- tmoore747
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Re: Raspberry Pi 4 B not booting
Yes, that is the power adapter. No, nothing has ever been connected to the headers.
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Re: Raspberry Pi 4 B not booting
OK, let's replace it. Send an email to [email protected] with a link to this thread and your order number and they can send you a replacement Pi 4.
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Re: Raspberry Pi 4 B not booting
Thanks for the help.
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