Starting s Raspberry Pi for the First Time

[GTB-JJ]

Hi,

I've assembled a Raspberry Pi for the first time , and turned the power on. The power cord came out came before the Raspberry Pi completed whatever housekeeping newly assembled Pi''s do when they are turned on

When I connect the power lead now, just the red power light comes on. The Pi doesn't do anything. What do I do to get the Pi to complete it's housekeeping?

Thanks for any help.

[jahboater]

Probably easiest to just copy Raspbian back on and start again.

[GTB-JJ]

Thanks for your help.

Apologies for the question but do you mean put a new copy of NOOBS on an SD card

[FTrevorGowen]

Hi,

I've assembled a Raspberry Pi for the first time , and turned the power on. The power cord came out came before the Raspberry Pi completed whatever housekeeping newly assembled Pi''s do when they are turned on

When I connect the power lead now, just the red power light comes on. The Pi doesn't do anything. What do I do to get the Pi to complete it's housekeeping?

Thanks for any help.

I'm guessing you have a kit that came with a uSDHC card with NOOBS pre-installed. Is that the case? If so it's quite likely that the accidental power removal left the card in a "corrupted" state. Do you have access to another computer with a suitable card slot or a USB-base card reader writer? If so I suggest you write a fresh "Raspbian image" using the new imaging tool: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ and try again without powering up (at the mains AC socket) before all other connections (USB, HDMI etc.) have been checked to be "secure". It's also a good idea to have the display/TV switched on and the correct input selected first.
Trev.

[GTB-JJ]

Hi,

I've assembled a Raspberry Pi for the first time , and turned the power on. The power cord came out came before the Raspberry Pi completed whatever housekeeping newly assembled Pi''s do when they are turned on

When I connect the power lead now, just the red power light comes on. The Pi doesn't do anything. What do I do to get the Pi to complete it's housekeeping?

Thanks for any help.

I'm guessing you have a kit that came with a uSDHC card with NOOBS pre-installed. Is that the case? If so it's quite likely that the accidental power removal left the card in a "corrupted" state. Do you have access to another computer with a suitable card slot or a USB-base card reader writer? If so I suggest you write a fresh "Raspbian image" using the new imaging tool: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ and try again without powering up (at the mains AC socket) before all other connections (USB, HDMI etc.) have been checked to be "secure". It's also a good idea to have the display/TV switched on and the correct input selected first.
Trev.

Hi,

Thanks for your reply, yes I have bought a kit with everything included.

I put the Micro SD card into my SD card reader and the reader states that the card needed formatting which I did. When I try to load NOOBS onto the formatted card it states there's not enough room on the card, is there anything I can do/?

Thanks again.

[fruitoftheloom]

Hi,

I've assembled a Raspberry Pi for the first time , and turned the power on. The power cord came out came before the Raspberry Pi completed whatever housekeeping newly assembled Pi''s do when they are turned on

When I connect the power lead now, just the red power light comes on. The Pi doesn't do anything. What do I do to get the Pi to complete it's housekeeping?

Thanks for any help.

I'm guessing you have a kit that came with a uSDHC card with NOOBS pre-installed. Is that the case? If so it's quite likely that the accidental power removal left the card in a "corrupted" state. Do you have access to another computer with a suitable card slot or a USB-base card reader writer? If so I suggest you write a fresh "Raspbian image" using the new imaging tool: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ and try again without powering up (at the mains AC socket) before all other connections (USB, HDMI etc.) have been checked to be "secure". It's also a good idea to have the display/TV switched on and the correct input selected first.
Trev.

Hi,

Thanks for your reply, yes I have bought a kit with everything included.

I put the Micro SD card into my SD card reader and the reader states that the card needed formatting which I did. When I try to load NOOBS onto the formatted card it states there's not enough room on the card, is there anything I can do/?

Thanks again.

Yes forget NoobS and use the up to date information on the RPF website:

https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/

[GTB-JJ]

Thanks for the link.

When reconnecting power, the green led does flash so looks like it's OK.

Are you suggesting that I download Raspbian rather than NOOBS? I f yes, which version of Raspbian as there are 3 or doesn't it matter.

Thanks.

[jbudd]

You can't just use Windows to reformat the SD card but if you want you can reformat it with one of the methods shown on https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... matting.md

But like fruitoftheloom, I think you are better to download the full Raspbian image with recommended software and use the raspberry pi imager to update your sd card. No need to format the card first.

[FTrevorGowen]

Thanks for the link.

When reconnecting power, the green led does flash so looks like it's OK.

Are you suggesting that I download Raspbian rather than NOOBS? I f yes, which version of Raspbian as there are 3 or doesn't it matter.

Thanks.

If you're using the new imaging tool the default is Raspbian + Desktop go with that. (Lite is not really for Beginners and you can always install the extra "recommended software" later.)
Trev.

[GTB-JJ]

Thanks for all help