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by pi-xel
Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:03 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Pi only boots sometimes (cold solder points detected)
Replies: 11
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Re: Pi only boots sometimes (cold solder points detected)

Have a look on an original solder joint. This should not happen. And someone reported about splatter inside the sd card slot. I think, this is not the only one on the planet. Please understand me right. I want to encourage the users to check their board for such errors if their board has a malfuncti...
by pi-xel
Sun Sep 02, 2012 10:18 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Pi only boots sometimes (cold solder points detected)
Replies: 11
Views: 2387

Re: Pi only boots sometimes (cold solder points detected)

Hi Paul,

do you know something about the reason for the corrupt boot partition?

Regards

Pi-xel
by pi-xel
Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:16 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Pi only boots sometimes (cold solder points detected)
Replies: 11
Views: 2387

Re: Pi only boots sometimes (cold solder points detected)

Have a look to the following posts: "Brand new Pi will not boot." "voltage and polyfuse" "Root filesystem corruption" "Board versions/revisions, or different assembly lines?" "Raspberry Pi Won't Boot, Red Power Light Only" ... There are a lot of reports of PIs running / booting unstable. And those m...
by pi-xel
Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:18 pm
Forum: Troubleshooting
Topic: Pi only boots sometimes (cold solder points detected)
Replies: 11
Views: 2387

Pi only boots sometimes (cold solder points detected)

Hi folks, I received my PI several days ago. It runs with an Samsung SDHC 8GB (Class 6) and an Lexar Premium Series 4GB (Class 6) SD card but not with an SanDisk Ultra 4GB (Class 4). But sometimes it will not boot. Only the red led is on without any flashing green led (Power supply is ok >1A and 4.8...

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