Dead Raspberry Pi Help

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Re: Dead Raspberry Pi Help

Post by orionpax » Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:37 pm

Lphillimore wrote:
Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:24 am
Yeah any signs of a short on it at all? Seems odd. Could be life in it yet!!
I'm not sure how to spot a short on the R pi.

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Re: Dead Raspberry Pi Help

Post by dryja123 » Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:40 pm

orionpax wrote:
Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:36 pm
dryja123 wrote:
Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:04 am
Did you wire up the sound card to the USB pads? I'm asking because maybe you shorted something there... Those pads are in an extremely tight spot and it's super easy to short a connection.
I did, that could be what caused it .
Give it a shot. I was having issues with my Pi and it was ever so slightly shorted. I almost needed a magnifying glass to see it. Remove the usb wires all together and try to boot. Make sure you clean the solder from the pads.

Good luck!

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Re: Dead Raspberry Pi Help

Post by orionpax » Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:29 pm

dryja123 wrote:
Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:40 pm
orionpax wrote:
Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:36 pm
dryja123 wrote:
Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:04 am
Did you wire up the sound card to the USB pads? I'm asking because maybe you shorted something there... Those pads are in an extremely tight spot and it's super easy to short a connection.
I did, that could be what caused it .
Give it a shot. I was having issues with my Pi and it was ever so slightly shorted. I almost needed a magnifying glass to see it. Remove the usb wires all together and try to boot. Make sure you clean the solder from the pads.

Good luck!

No dice its still a dud.

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Re: Dead Raspberry Pi Help

Post by abrugsch » Wed Aug 30, 2017 2:31 am

can you post pics of any soldering you've done? we might spot something you've missed...

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