Power LED not working on Pi 3 - Raspberry Pi Forums


ok, went , shutdown pi, , changed sd cards.
after pluging in, noticed power led no longer lights up. activity led works expected.
shutdown , changed other sd card no luck.
on raspberry p 3 b v1.2. os on 1 card raspbian, , on other image of retropie.

prefer have led know it's on. ideas?

this quite wierd, power led should come on regardless of presence of usd card or os. rpi boot desktop? leds fail suspect pc board issue. activity led behaves normally, if desktop or command prompt indicate computer working ok power led continuity bad...either led or traces or resistor leading it. if have dvm, might check dc volts across gpio pins 1 , 3, being careful probes don't short adjacent pins. should read 5vdc, +/- 5%. can either return rpi or rig led , series resistor (100-200 ohms or , observe correct led polarity) across pins. serve power led.


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