I think he meant the header power pins rather than a GPIO pin. On 10/15/2016 11:04 AM, Gerald Coley wrote: > Anyone has the right to build this board. That in no way infers that > they know how to build it or even can support it. All the parts look > in the right place, but it is not a Rev B.Looks more like a Rev C. Rev > B was built using the AM3359 processor. It has the BeagleBone logo, > but not the .org name, so not sure where they got the logos. So, I > would advise buying boards from someone who knows what they are > talking about, not just some scrap dealer. > > Pads for the power jack are still there. Solder wires into it to power > the board. It might even power up once. > You cannot power a board via a GPIO pin, at least not for more than > 5-6 seconds depending how big the flames are and how much smoke there is. > > Gerald > > > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 10:22 AM, <elfenma...@gmail.com > <mailto:elfenma...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Thanks for the info, Gerald. I will keep it and see what I can do > with it. In the least I am going get replacement USB ports and > power ports and put them in. At the same time I ordered through > another seller a "complete" Rev. B board for $30. They say that is > Debian on it and not Angstrom, which is fine for me, I can always > reflash the BBB to get Angstrom on it again. > > Back to the first unit - I noticed about BBB being sold out there, > under the name of "AntMiner"(?) and it too is in the same > situation - lacking ports and other things. But this unit, the > mission parts look like they were never there and the board > redesigned at the factory to move the chips around. In my mind, I > think somebody set up a bunch of headless servers with these > things. If so, without power how does one turn these things on > without a USB or Power Jack? Using the GPIO an option for power > input? With the R-Pi's it is back to power the unit from the GPIO > because it is not regulated from there and one can blow out the board. > > Again, any help from anyone is greatly appreciated. > -- > 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 > <mailto:beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/c158ef27-1c25-4449-81a3-051c0c8938d4%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/c158ef27-1c25-4449-81a3-051c0c8938d4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > > > -- > Gerald > > ger...@beagleboard.org <mailto:ger...@beagleboard.org> > http://beagleboard.org/ > gcol...@emprodesign.com <mailto:gcol...@emprodesign.com> > > -- > 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 > <mailto:beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAHK_S%2Bed2aaeBbL3Q%3D2baHFR%2BA7UnCXcB82FEWZb-5eesLYEig%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/CAHK_S%2Bed2aaeBbL3Q%3D2baHFR%2BA7UnCXcB82FEWZb-5eesLYEig%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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