It can if you have ESD issues. Not exactly sure what a 5V Electronic Speed controller is. That could also be an issue.
Gerald On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:26 PM, <billwaa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh, by prototyping work, I mean plugging in a usb device and writing > python code to interface with it. That device is powered by a 5V Electronic > Speed Controller. I didn't use any of the IO pins. Do this cause a problem > too? > > > On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 4:22:41 PM UTC-4, Gerald wrote: > >> http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#Expansion_Header_Usage >> >> Gerald >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Billy Hau <billw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Ok Thanks, I will request a RMA. How do I prevent that from happening >>> again? >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, March 25, 2014 4:15:12 PM UTC-4, Gerald wrote: >>> >>>> Request an RMA and get it replaced. http://www.elinux.org/Beaglebo >>>> ard:BeagleBoneBlack#RMA_Support >>>> >>>> Most likely during your prototype work you popped a processor pin. The >>>> processor is consuming too much current an the PMIC is shutting down. >>>> >>>> Gerald >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:11 PM, <billw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I got a Beaglebone Black from Adafruit last Friday, have it for a >>>>> couple days, but I think it's dead now. >>>>> On arrival, the ssh and everything work fine, however, the hdmi port >>>>> does not work. >>>>> I verified this later with another Beaglebone Black that arrived which >>>>> work on the same equipment. >>>>> >>>>> Just today, I was doing some prototyping work, remove the BBB usb from >>>>> computer while leaving it run on DC power. >>>>> After a couple minutes, I found that the all LED on the board is off. >>>>> I tried rebooting, nothing happen. >>>>> The power LED only give me 1 blink when I press the power button / >>>>> plug in power, then nothing. >>>>> >>>>> Maybe I corrupted the memory? >>>>> So I try to flash a new OS with a microSD card, plug in power while >>>>> holding the boot button. >>>>> No luck with that either. It wouldn't even start the flashing process. >>>>> It just give me one blink in the power LED and that's it. >>>>> >>>>> So is my Beaglebone officially dead? =( >>>>> Kinda a bad first experience with the product... >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.