It is still an issue. We have seen it on .003% of the boards shipped. The issue can also be related to improper design of capes that violate the power up sequence. It may be a while before that shows up as a failure.
Gerald On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 3:05 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I saw the following on the Beagle Bone wiki page... > > "Improper Power Down....All Revisions > > ... Based on the latest information we have gathered, this appears to be > an instance where the PMIC does not power down the processor in the right > order due to the violent removal of the power cables, either USB or DC. So, > we are recommending that the power button be used to power off the board or > by issuing the Halt command. After that you can remove the power cable. If > everyone follows this process, we should see a decrease in these issues, > but it will take a while for the results, either good or bad, to show up. > This will also help prevent the contamination of the eMMC and the SD cards > by allowing the kernel to shutdown properly before power is removed." > > > I also saw in one post that Gerald noted this was thought to be an issue, > but now has been dismissed. > > > Can you confirm that this is still an issue or not. > > > The reason that I ask is that we are having Beagle Bone Black failures in > the field where they go dead and we are trying to nail down why. > > > If this is still an issue would unplugging a power supply from the wall be > considered "violent" removal of the power? > > > Thanks, > > > Jeremy > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
