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by Zmoneyrecords
Fri Sep 08, 2017 8:23 am
Forum: Support (mintyPi)
Topic: Won't Power Up
Replies: 8
Views: 6908

Re: Won't Power Up

I know when mine is completely dead it won't even turn on if plugged in until I've let it charge a few minutes. Otherwise you may just have some bad connections but someone who's got more experience than me with this stuff may know better. My guess is let it charge a bit.
by Zmoneyrecords
Mon Sep 04, 2017 7:59 pm
Forum: Support (mintyPi)
Topic: Screen not turning on
Replies: 5
Views: 4043

Re: Screen not turning on

I would try doing what I did when my screen wasn't working (although I at least had the back light on just a black screen). First make sure you're 100% confident all of your ribbon connectors are lined up perfectly. Then solder the GND gpio to the second pin on the left of the ribbon connector attac...
by Zmoneyrecords
Thu Aug 31, 2017 11:21 pm
Forum: Support (mintyPi)
Topic: Possible dead pi?
Replies: 14
Views: 9466

Re: Possible dead pi?

Fixed it. I soldered the GND test pad to the 2 pin on the ribbon connector and I had to also connect a wire from the 5v gpio to the VCC pad.
by Zmoneyrecords
Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:25 pm
Forum: Support (mintyPi)
Topic: Possible dead pi?
Replies: 14
Views: 9466

Re: Possible dead pi?

I definitely I know that the pin are all lined up there's no other way they can go I've been messing with them for hours and I put them exactly the way I had them yesterday when the screen was working. The only other thing that I can think of is because I drilled a hole to match up with the 3D print...
by Zmoneyrecords
Thu Aug 31, 2017 6:46 pm
Forum: Support (mintyPi)
Topic: Possible dead pi?
Replies: 14
Views: 9466

Re: Possible dead pi?

If all the pins have continuity (test it with a good meter) then it's the alignment and also check power on the LCD board it should be 3.1v to 3.3v The LCD board is at about 3v so I guess that I'll just play with the ribbons more for now. Is it possible that the ribbon does fit the connector on the...
by Zmoneyrecords
Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:15 pm
Forum: Support (mintyPi)
Topic: Possible dead pi?
Replies: 14
Views: 9466

Re: Possible dead pi?

I connected the 2nd pin to the ground test pad like you previously posted and still nothing so I'm going to try and resolder the gpio holes because it seemed to have helped another person with a similar problem but otherwise after this I'm not sure what else I can do. I'll check back once this is do...
by Zmoneyrecords
Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:35 pm
Forum: Support (mintyPi)
Topic: Possible dead pi?
Replies: 14
Views: 9466

Re: Possible dead pi?

If it's all black it's likely working if the backlight went out after about 10 seconds, is the sound card properly installed now? As far as I'm aware it's installed correctly. The startup sound goes off but it's just a black screen that blinks every once in awhile and then stays black after that. I...
by Zmoneyrecords
Thu Aug 31, 2017 4:08 pm
Forum: Support (mintyPi)
Topic: Possible dead pi?
Replies: 14
Views: 9466

Re: Possible dead pi?

Ok so as I was preparing to disconnect the pcb from the pi by taking off the connections from the power and sound card to the pcb, after I took them off I decided to plug it in to the pi again to test just in case and it worked. So I resoldered the points I took off and it worked again. I don't know...
by Zmoneyrecords
Thu Aug 31, 2017 7:05 am
Forum: Support (mintyPi)
Topic: Possible dead pi?
Replies: 14
Views: 9466

Re: Possible dead pi?

Preparing for the worst is removing it from the pcb again. Took a lot of time the first time and I don't look forward to doing it again. I'm hoping the sd card is the problem because the battery isn't the problem as far as I can tell. But I'll check the gpios when I get out of work today.
by Zmoneyrecords
Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:19 am
Forum: Support (mintyPi)
Topic: Possible dead pi?
Replies: 14
Views: 9466

Re: Possible dead pi?

My charging light is on but when I plug into the pi the light on the pi doesn't come on. I was hoping it was just the sd card so I wiped it and re burned the image but still nothing. I'm going to pick up a new sd card today and see if it fixes it. Thanks