sydkahn
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Joined: Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:12 pm

usb and eheternet stopped working

Fri Jan 27, 2017 1:23 pm

I have a PI B 2 - I haven't used it in a while and just grabbed the first usb power supply I Found (I moved - everything is in boxes) - It booted up and I did some work on it. I saw the colored square up in the right hand corner but ignored it - I now know it is a low power indication.

After a while when it booted it showed a warning, which I did not write down, something about controllers not being there<?>

Then it stopped recognizing the usb keyboard and mouse. The mouse has an led in it and it no longer lights on any usb socket - but my computer's usb port lights it.

I tried plugging in a ethernet cable - but the green light on the socket is not lit - and the router doesn't see the connection.

I plugged in my phones charger which is rated at 2 amps - but the ports still don't work.

I downloaded and tried booting on all of the current distributions - the pixel and noobs show a graphic screen but they are not useable since the mouse doesn't work.

The others show a tty enabled before the login prompt - but since my keyboard doesn't work now I can't enter anything. My current desktop box doesn't have a serial port anymore - so I have not anything with that....

Have I killed my PI with the low powered adapter?

Is there anything I can do to fix/resurrect it - i'll try anything.

Is there any way to figure out what broke and needs to be replaced?

sydkahn
Posts: 3
Joined: Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:12 pm

Re: usb and eheternet stopped working

Sat Jan 28, 2017 12:40 pm

It Works - I unplugged everything and let it sit overnight.

When i fired it up this morning - the green led lit on the ethernet connector.

I guess it was a polyfuse that needed to heal....

Freaked me out though

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