OrangePi dead on arrival

masterice · Published in 2015-10-4 00:38:38

Before I send this back to AliExpress has anyone had the following problem

The only LED on the board which works is the red power status led.
I have tried 4 copying the raspian and ubuntu images to 4 different brand new TF cards and the only thing that happens is that the red LED is turned off and on by the power switch. No other LEDs light on the board nor the LEDs in the network socket. There is no HDMI, VGA or composite video either.

I know I am preparing the TF cards correctly as I have already got several Raspberry Pis in use.

I suspect that the board is dead and, as I have already raised the issue with the supplier on AliExpress but received no reply I will start a dispute next week

I shall now buy a BananaPi instead.

Masterice

mrroland · Published in 2015-10-4 02:43:46

connect the uart and see what happens. I 've got the same issue, but in console I see the device properly booting. problem is that my monitor does not support the hdmi resolutions provided.

john0815 · Published in 2015-10-4 04:04:12

Edited by john0815 at 2015-10-4 04:05

I have an equal proplem.

What image do you use which is working.

Thx

masterice · Published in 2015-10-5 01:12:22

mrroland,
thanks for the reply.

Connecting to the serial (uart) output via Hyperterminal (autodetect) I see nothing happening during boot so I suspect that it is a dead board.

mrroland · Published in 2015-10-5 05:05:31

I use the debian image from the links in this post

mrroland · Published in 2015-10-5 05:06:43

I use the debian image from the links in this post http://www.orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=342

jacer · Published in 2015-10-5 14:41:04

mrroland replied at 2015-10-5 05:06
I use the debian image from the links in this post http://www.orangepi.org/orangepibbsen/forum.php?m ...

Which board did u buy? And have tried Android img? You should use Class 10 TF card and 5V 2A power supply.

mrroland · Published in 2015-10-5 15:18:29

somehow the link is removed. ... check the orangepi download page. debian link takes you to the forum post .

mrroland · Published in 2015-10-5 20:07:35

sorry for the double posts. somehow mobile version gives me problems.

mrroland · Published in 2015-10-5 20:08:24

my board is not dead :-) The topic starters board is.