Hi, I think I also fried my BBB. No led light when powered, either with USB or jack.
Can I request a RMA from Portugal? What would be the expected cost? Thanks Bruno On Thursday, July 4, 2013 3:38:46 PM UTC+1, Gerald wrote: > > You have blown the processor. Request an RMA. > > beagleboard.org/support/rma > > No fuses on the board. Plugging in the USB and DC supply is totally > acceptable and supported. > > Gerald > > > > On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 3:21 AM, Will Kostelecky <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Help! >> >> My BBB was working fine, great in fact, but not so much at the moment. >> When I plug it into a power source, be it a known good 5v supply that I >> have been using with it for weeks, or into either of two computers via USB, >> I get one dim little flash from the power LED and then NOTHING else. No >> other lights flash. If I hold down the power switch I will get another >> brief and dim flash after a couple of seconds. Again, no other LEDs light >> and nothing else happens. >> >> This started to happen when I plugged the BBB into a computer using a USB >> cable while it was still plugged into the 5V power source. Could this have >> fried something? Are there any poly fuses that might come back to life >> after a rest? >> >> Frustrating as I was making such good progress on my project! >> >> Will >> >> >> On Tuesday, 30 April 2013 15:23:23 UTC+1, Gerald wrote: >> >>> You are a pioneer! Columbus was not looking for America. But you are now >>> the Columbus of the power button! >>> >>> I am trying convince the SW folks to add support for the power button >>> but it is down the list somewhere. >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> On Tuesday, April 30, 2013, Jason Stapels wrote: >>> >>>> An update for the curious. After some prodding from the >>>> all-power-Gerald, I was able to bring the board back to life again by... >>>> are you ready... holding down the POWER button. Which means I'm probably >>>> the biggest idiot ever!? I guess I expected the PWR led to be lit any time >>>> 5V was feeding the board, regardless of it's On/Off state. >>>> >>>> Certainly, in the dozen or so previous times I plugged the board in, >>>> just giving it power caused it to power on, so the idea of the POWER >>>> button >>>> actually being used to turn it on never occurred to me. If I could save >>>> face just a little here, I did actually press it a couple times before >>>> throwing in the towel, I just didn't consider holding it down for a few >>>> seconds. >>>> >>>> In embarrassed shame, >>>> ~ Jason >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, April 30, 2013 8:19:57 AM UTC-4, Jason Stapels wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> Just wanted to share my experience with my dead BBB. It's my first >>>>> experience with the Beagle line so it's possible I did something wrong >>>>> somewhere so I thought it would be a good idea to share my experiences in >>>>> case other newb's read this. Feel free to skip to the bottom for the >>>>> symptoms. >>>>> >>>>> -- Begin Background Info -- >>>>> >>>>> I was lucky enough to get my BBB almost right away from Digikey. I >>>>> immediately installed the drivers on my Mac and started playing around >>>>> with >>>>> it the first night. Unfortunately, the second night I couldn't get my Mac >>>>> to allocate an IP address through the USB to talk to it so I thought >>>>> maybe >>>>> I shouldn't have skipped that "update software" step. So next I >>>>> downloaded >>>>> the latest "flash eMMC" image, wrote it to an SD card and then went >>>>> through >>>>> the upgrade process. >>>>> >>>>> Here's where things went a little South. After the first attempt the >>>>> USR lights eventually went solid (presumably indicating the flashing >>>>> process was finished) but when I rebooted it without the SD card, the >>>>> power >>>>> light would come on but it wouldn't boot. After a couple repower attempts >>>>> I >>>>> decided to flash it again. This time, at some point during the flash >>>>> process, the board seemed to just lose power (all the LEDs were off). >>>>> Attempts to power the board resulted in the same as before, power light >>>>> comes on but no booting. >>>>> >>>>> So, my assumption was I messed up the SD card image. I >>>>> downloaded/reimaged the SD card again, went through the flash process and >>>>> this time it seemed to finish. Now when I powered on the board it >>>>> appeared >>>>> to boot up. However, I still couldn't get it to pick up an IP address >>>>> from >>>>> the Mac (after reinstalling both drivers and a couple reboots). I read >>>>> somewhere that someone had a similar issue and an update to Angstrom >>>>> solved >>>>> it. >>>>> >>>>> This time I plugged the board into my linux box and I was able to >>>>> access the running linux image (yay!). I immediately SSH'd in, and went >>>>> through the Angstrom upgrade (opkg update; opkg upgrade). The upgrade >>>>> took >>>>> awhile and seemed to have a few issues with the new kernel modules >>>>> (/lib/modules/blah didn't exist). I figured it was just a warning and >>>>> after >>>>> the upgrade finished I unplugged the board and plugged it back into my >>>>> Mac... >>>>> >>>>> -- End Background Info -- >>>>> >>>>> The power light came on... the USR lights all went solid for a couple >>>>> seconds... and then the board died. I can no longer seem to power the >>>>> board >>>>> up at all. I've tried multiple USB cables, multiple USB ports on multiple >>>>> machines, and even tried the DC jack with a 5v/2.2A supply. :( I >>>>> submitted >>>>> an RMA (although my board doesn't seem to have a serial number) because I >>>>> don't think I did anything wrong, but I'm a very sad panda regardless. >>>>> >>>>> Any ideas? Anything I should check? >>>>> >>>>> ~ Jason >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Gerald >>> >>> [email protected] >>> [email protected] >>> http://beagleboard.org/ >>> http://circuitco.com/support/ >>> >>> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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