Raspberry PI 3 Dead

I got my PI 3 today, and it's DOA. It comes up to the rainbow screen and hangs. I measured the 5V and 3.3 volt pins and they are OK.

Has anyone else had this issue?

Herb

Carrollton, TX

clem57 over 9 years ago

Other than voltage being out of proper range, what is the current(A) usage? May I ask where you found yours like which online site or local?
Clem
PS More help at R-Pi Troubleshooting - eLinux.org
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k5at over 9 years ago in reply to clem57

I got mine from MCM Electronics (online).
I haven't got it running yet, but I tried several SD Cards, (I have several PI's) one seems to work, but won't boot to the desktop. I'm in the process of doing a brand new load.
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k5at over 9 years ago in reply to k5at

Everything OK now. I got a new load and it works fine. It was weird though, that a SD card out of one Pi2 B+ would not work, anlthough it was working fine in its original home.
The wi-fi works great, now to load a VNC server, and all the other stuff I use.

Thanks,
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shabaz over 9 years ago in reply to k5at

Hi Herb,

This is to be expected. Only the latest image is supported on the Pi 3 (and is backward compatible). Earlier builds are not.
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clem57 over 9 years ago in reply to k5at

Latest build has later firmware need to support newer hardware.
Clem
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Problemchild over 9 years ago

As per Shabaz's comment you will definately need the latest release of Rasbian (Download it and check the checksum!!) , program this onto a known good SDcard then verify the contents.

I realise it's frustrating and boring but unfortunately it's the only way to reasonably check each part of the overall system rather than just switching it on and the thing not working .

As usual More questions than answers... lets here back from you when you have done that ...Cheers
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Robert Peter Oakes over 9 years ago in reply to k5at

The difference between a 64 Bit CPU and a 32Bit one, along with an earlier image that has no idea what a 64Bit CPU is , + what @shabaz
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k5at over 9 years ago in reply to Problemchild

Well guys, I've got it running somewhat. Here are the issues I have found.
the wi-fi is flakey. Pings from my Mac to the Pi3 are all over the place from 5 ms to 125 ms. and it drops out often, meaning I have to sign back in to the router.
trying use Tightvncserver is also problematic. Sometimes trying to connect will cause the wi-fi on the PI3 to drop out.
None of my other PI's are like this.
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shabaz over 9 years ago in reply to k5at

What happens if you ping from the Pi to the router, does that temporarily fix the problem?

i.e. when you observe that the pi is no longer pingable from the Mac, then if you ping from the pi to the router, are you then able to ping from the Mac to the Pi again?
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clem57 over 9 years ago in reply to k5at
Try this to update firmware to latest level:

sudo apt-get install rpi-update (Maybe already there)
sudo rpi-update

Clem
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