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Raspberry Pi3 Does not boot up - Green light does not lit

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I purchased a Raspberry Pi3 last week, after spending couple of days trying to get it to boot up I gave up and purchase another one. I am having the same issues, it just would not boot up, i.e. the green light does not lit -- which I think means that is Not reading the SD card to load the Operating System. This is what I have done so far:

Used a 5v/2A power supply, use a 5v/2.4A power supply.

Used the SD with the preloaded OS that I purchased - no luck

Purchase another SD card, formatted it and load Noobs sw on it - still no luck

I removed every thing that is plugged in the PI3 except for the power supply, still no luck.

 

Anyone out there who is experiencing the same issue???

Does your one works out of the box?

 

What am i doing wrong???

 

What should the voltage/Amp for the power supply be? is it 5v/2.5A?

Help please.. Gerard

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    Have experimented further. Using a freshly formatted SD Card, NOOBS unzipped folders and files were copied across and then card used to boot the Pi 3 board. After the boot and establishment of the Internet connection Raspbian OS only was selected to install. This went well and finally booted into the Raspbian GUI window. This proves to me that the installation of the two Media Centre programs on my other SD Card interfered with the boot into the Raspbian GUI.

    Gerard, there are two LED lights on the Pi3 board. The right one should light constantly telling that power is there. The left LED flickers when there is processing activity. I am colour blind so do not know the LED colours. If the right side LED is out, you have a power supply problem and you will get no further. If this one lights and there is no flickering on the left one, then you probably have a problem reading the SD Card. Not in the slot properly, bent pins? You probably know this already. Have tried various power supplies in my board, Pi official 2amp and 1amp packs from older Pi versions as well as the 5v 1amp pack from my mobile phone. All boot the Pi to the GUI screen. So Gerard, I am fresh out of any further ideas.

    Peter

  • 0 in reply to pedrodequick

    Hi Peter,

    Thanks again for the valuable help. I have tried everything, with no success. One on my second Pi3 now.. Power Supply 2.5A/5V ( but as you said it should work with a 5v/2A). I think the next step for me is to purchase another SD Card, reformat it and copy the latest version of Noobs across. Which version of Noobs did you use? the 1.9.x version or the 1.8.x version?

    I have inspect all the slots, pin connections, soldering etc.. all seem to be ok..

     

    The left light ( which is meant to be green) on flick on once when power is switched on, the it stays off. If the new SD card does not work then I will have to try a 3rd Pi3.. I am not convinced that it is the Pi3 itself.. From all the blogs, it seem that Pi3 is very stable. I will let you know how I get on.. G

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  • 0 in reply to pedrodequick

    Hi Peter,

    Thanks again for the valuable help. I have tried everything, with no success. One on my second Pi3 now.. Power Supply 2.5A/5V ( but as you said it should work with a 5v/2A). I think the next step for me is to purchase another SD Card, reformat it and copy the latest version of Noobs across. Which version of Noobs did you use? the 1.9.x version or the 1.8.x version?

    I have inspect all the slots, pin connections, soldering etc.. all seem to be ok..

     

    The left light ( which is meant to be green) on flick on once when power is switched on, the it stays off. If the new SD card does not work then I will have to try a 3rd Pi3.. I am not convinced that it is the Pi3 itself.. From all the blogs, it seem that Pi3 is very stable. I will let you know how I get on.. G

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  • 0 in reply to Former Member

    Hello again Gerard

    I have used both the 1.8.x and 1.9.x NOOBS versions. The 1.8.x version was pre loaded on the SD Card which came in the kit I purchased with the Pi board No.2. The 1.9.x version, I downloaded from the Raspberry Pi org. The NOOBS version I downloaded was the full version, not the lite edition.

    From what I have read, you are correct in saying that all Pi boards are stable as they are tested at the factory before shipping. There should not be a need to purchase another board. You may like to look at blogs concerning SD Cards. I have seen comments the Pi is a little fussy with cards. I have used SanDisk Ultra and SanDisk Extreme Pro, all HC Class 10.

    You have not confirmed that the right hand light stays on when power is connected.

    I certainly hope that you get to the bottom of this challenge.

    Peter

  • 0 in reply to pedrodequick

    Hello Peter,

    Finally I am up and running. I believe that it was the SD card, all together I use 3 SD cards, the 3rd one works perfectly, I made sure (as you recommended) to use a SD card class 10. Although I cannot prove it, I think that  when you boot up for the very first time, i.e with Noobs installed on the SD card you need to be connected to the internet, if not nothing happens, i.e the green light does not lit etc..

    Thanks again for your help.. Gerard

  • 0 in reply to Former Member

    Gerard, that is a most satisfactory result to a frustrating experience.

    Your comment regarding booting with internet available is an interesting scenario, as when I was experimenting, my WiFi modem was running.

    I am glad to have had this dialogue with you as it was my first time at being involved in these types of Forums.

    Best wishes  Peter