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Why does my B+ not boot sometimes?

droidy2001
droidy2001 over 10 years ago

I have a new B+ and had a few problems getting up and running using the Noobs SD card.

I have formatted the card and re loaded the pack from the downloads page and we were off and running.

I have opted for the Raspian install to get my son started but the unit is having trouble booting.

The unit fires up and act Led shows activity, I get the rainbow screen followed by the raspberry logo and recovery shift icon under it.

then screen goes blank and activity stops. ?????

I have to restart the system 7 or 8 times to get it to boot.

once it boots the system runs great.

 

Any ideas ????

 

Cheers Pete

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  • gadget.iom
    0 gadget.iom over 10 years ago

    It might be an issue with your /boot/config.txt file.

     

    try un-commenting the following lines:

    hdmi_drive=1
    hdmi_force_hotplug=1

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    0 droidy2001 over 10 years ago in reply to gadget.iom

    Thanks Paul.

    I will Give It a Go.

    I did think it may be a display related issue and tried booting blind. (No display connected) with no success.

    fingers crossed this will sort it image

     

    Cheers.

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  • gadget.iom
    0 gadget.iom over 10 years ago in reply to droidy2001

    Hopefully. I haven't experienced this issue before because I prefer to bypass noobs and directly install Raspbian. It is an issue I'm aware of though.

     

    Let me know how you get on. image

     

    Paul

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  • shabaz
    0 shabaz over 10 years ago

    According to this link: http://elinux.org/R-Pi_Troubleshooting#Coloured_splash_screen

    the issue may be a marginal power supply that doesn't have enough capability to drive the RPI.

    This is less likely to occur on a B+ I would have thought (since it consumes less power than a non '+' model)

    but might be worth trying a different power supply (and different USB cable if it is removable).

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