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Pi won't boot with noise and PWR lit only

wcypierre
wcypierre over 9 years ago

Had been running this pi for 24x7 for about a year now and it has been running fine until I realized that it was down just now when I went to do some checking.

Heard some noises too and now I can't seem to get it back up (noise + PWR lit + dim ACT light only).


Model: Raspberry Pi B

OS: Raspbian

Things attached to the pi: LAN cable, SD Card

Video to demonstrate the noise that the pi makes: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwiJswXag8O4dkNKbmlmRVBKOW8/view?usp=sharing


Note: I'm using Powerbank to power the pi up just for the sake of taking the video, normally it is attached to a better power supply.


Symptoms:

1. Red PWR light

2. dim ACT light

3. Noise made as per video above


Things that I've tried:

1. Changing the Power Supply(tried from my original source to genuine Pineng Powerbank to Nokia's official charger to Xiaomi's official charger to the charger that was shipped with the pi)

2. SD Card (it was working on the other pi and the other sd card that I've put into from the other pi doesn't work)

3. LAN cable

4. HDMI - No output

5. Composite - No output

6. Heating it up (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwF6v-4NFdg)

7. Holding the sdcard slot to ensure that the issue isn't with the sd card slot

8. R-Pi Troubleshooting - eLinux.org (the "Red power LED is on, green LED does not flash, nothing on display" part)


Things that I know but I couldn't try because of limitations:

1. Serial console


Any other things that I can try of?

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    johnbeetem over 9 years ago

    Can someone describe the sound?  I don't have speakers handy.

     

    RasPi doesn't have anything that should be making a sound, so if it is something is broken.  I recommend checking various voltages with a multimeter: 5V, 3.3V, 1.8V, etc.  A stethoscope or even a drinking straw might help localize where the sound is coming from.

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    clem57 over 9 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

    Hard to hear, but there is a low noise. John Beetem

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  • clem57
    clem57 over 9 years ago in reply to johnbeetem

    Hard to hear, but there is a low noise. John Beetem

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