Thing is that I'm using only the provided USB cable. What troubles me is that the board turns on when I'm using a power adapter (DC jack), but it dies as soon as I connect it to the computer with an USB cable.
On Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 11:15:12 AM UTC-2, Graham wrote: > > Most likely, you are having power supply issues. > > The power drain of the BBB will double or triple during boot and update, > (relative to idle) so you need a power supply that can handle this. > > Many long USB cables are not capable of powering a BBB during peak loads. > > Some of the cheap wall supplies can't handle it. > > --- Graham > > == > > On Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 7:14:48 AM UTC-5, Marco Thome wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I was working with a brand new beaglebone black on usb as usual. >> Everything was fine, until I connect it to the company's network over >> ethernet and updated the board with *apt-get update* then *apt-get >> upgrade*. In the middle of the upgrade, the beagleboard just died. None >> of the five leds are on, no matter which usb port or computer it's >> connected to. I tried the same config with another board and it turned on >> just fine. >> >> I'm a little worried about it because it isn't the first time this kind >> of problem occurs. I was working with another board also over usb but on >> another computer and the same thing happened, though on this board the >> power led at least blink once when connected. >> >> It may not be so helpful, but I'm attaching a printscreen of what I was >> doing at the time. I had no chance to upgrade the kernel. >> >> Both boards only turn on when on power plug, but as soon as I connect >> them to the computer over usb, they die (no led lit). >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> >> Regards, >> Marco >> > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/dc6f1f34-d993-414f-ab35-3bbd054158b5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
