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Rpi 0 no power light

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Just bought rpi 0 and power light does not come on when 5v applied
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Re: Rpi 0 no power light

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The Raspberry Pi Zero does *not* have a power LED. No LEDs will appear with just power.

The Pi will not boot without a properly formatted SD card flashed with an OS image:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/software/operating-systems/

Also, you are plugging into the USB host port, not the USB power port.

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Re: Rpi 0 no power light

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Fyi. Pi 0 can be powered by either port.
Attached are photos of working and non working. Have been using these for a long time. Cannot make pictures small enough for ur site.

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Re: Rpi 0 no power light

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Attached are photos of working and non working.
Which photo is the working photo?

Is your only issue the lack of LED with power applied?

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Re: Rpi 0 no power light

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Re: Rpi 0 no power light

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Is your only issue, with the other Pi, the lack of LED with power applied?

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Re: Rpi 0 no power light

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no. the non functioning pi 0 . does not show up hdmi screen.

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Are you still trying to boot without an SD card?
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Re: Rpi 0 no power light

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I did not put sd into non working pi 0. Do want me to take another pic of non working screen w sd installed? Hasnt this gone on long enough?

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Re: Rpi 0 no power light

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Since you've soldered headers to the Pi Zero, it's a warranty voiding action:
https://learn.adafruit.com/raspberry-pi ... ng/warning
I did not put sd into non working pi 0.
It's worth trying. Without an SD card that has a proper operating system image installed on it, the Pi Zero will not boot. No LEDs will come on. Nothing will be output on the HDMI port. It's also recommended to power the Pi via its power port and not the USB port.

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