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Raspberry PI 3 Dead

k5at

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

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  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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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