I found a raspberry pi (3b+)lying around in the house without a proper psu(this is my first time using a pi) I stuck raspbian onto a sd card and put it in the pi and it booted up and i did the setup. I powered it off because I had to go. Later that day when I tried to power it on again it refused to turn on the green light. I thought it might be polyfuse and left it for 48 hours before trying again with a phone charger and now no matter what the green light doesnt come on. help?!
andy_s
unplug SD card. doers it come on when you powerup ??
ssyrus
yeah red light still comes on and doesnt flicker
andy_s
i mean green.
andy_s
unplug everything from pi, including SD card.
andy_s
then power up
ssyrus
unplugged everything then plugged in the phone charger and i get a red light
ssyrus
stable red light
andy_s
good.
andy_s
unplug power, plug in SD card, power up
ssyrus
just red light
andy_s
can you verify integritty of SD card, ie is it fully readable, can you backup current one & reflash fresh system, etc
ssyrus
ok ill get noobs
andy_s
try original OS
ssyrus
thats what it was running off
andy_s
yeah, but that card could be damaged.
andy_s
if you try to reinstall it, it might reveal it.
ssyrus
it worked the first time
andy_s
yeah...
andy_s
did you check SD slot for physical damage / corrosion ?
ssyrus
looks fine
andy_s
inside the slot
andy_s
could be thin film
andy_s
since it was lying around...
ssyrus
ssyrus
just use this one
ssyrus
right
andy_s
yep
andy_s
that'll do
ssyrus
any reason why it still hasnt hit 1%
ssyrus
andy_s
ye, could be dead card
andy_s
if it does not move in 10 minutes...
ssyrus
oo
ssyrus
went to 3%
andy_s
but slow, right
andy_s
how fast is your internet connectivity?
ssyrus
130 mbps download
ssyrus
15 upload
ssyrus
i got an error
ssyrus
error writing to storage
andy_s
yeah. SD dead.
andy_s
it could be your card reader, but considering this card refused to boot....
ssyrus
checked the sd card its fine
ssyrus
plug both in the sd card has raspberry pi OS imaged directly from the imager that worked the first time