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Offline VA3CKI

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Won't boot or connect
« on: May 21, 2019, 11:53:52 am »
My small hotspot will not boot up but maybe after 20 power cycles or 90 minutes of waiting.... Not happy
I tried another SD card with same results.
Green light on, Red is flashing and thats it.
I have used this device maybe 3 or 4 times in mobile powered by a battery bank.

Any ideas......?

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Re: Won't boot or connect
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2019, 01:19:43 pm »
Should not take 20 power cycles or 90 minutes of waiting!

another SD card would have been my next guess.
did you format it and burn a NEW pi-star image to it?

were you able to access dash board right away?
might indicate a bad hat if it does

do you have a lot of wifi devices set up to connect to?
takes longer to go thru several to connect to a available wifi

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Re: Won't boot or connect
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2019, 01:26:08 pm »
bad pi is a possibility if its truly a "boot issue" and next cheap step to replace
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