Rasppery issue boot power on

mistereudk · May 12, 2018

I havent been using my rasperry for a month or maybe longer, the sd card i had i havent been able to find it, for some reason,

i wanted to format it so i could make a new installation.

With that being said, i got a card from a friend who bought this card from china, could the reason be that it the card it selv is in an adapter,

since it wont boot when i put the adapter in the pi with the sd card in it ?.'

with out the adapter the card would be used on a phone. i am not sure what you call the small cards for phones.

any advices ?.

Hauklien · May 12, 2018

Well, I think there would be no problem booting from MicroSD through the adapter. Have you tested the card on a PC, and is the OS install your own, or is it an old OS-image? I would suggest trying to re-install the OS on the MicroSD card, using your PC, and downloading the OS from Rasberry PI's home page.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/installation/noobs.md

PS. maybe move the thread to this forum? https://linustechtips.com/main/forum/86-linux-macos-and-everything-not-windows/

mistereudk · May 12, 2018

its from noobos fres copy files over to bran new card, and card works fine on my machine.

Hauklien · May 12, 2018

According to this forum post

https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19414

one could suggest that you might have got an faulty SD card adapter. Are the SD card adapter working with your PC, or are you just using a MicroSD card slot on your i/o?

mistereudk · May 12, 2018

its working both way in my pc with or with out the adapter. so thats why i dont get it.

Hauklien · May 12, 2018

You could also try to boot with a OS image on a USB stick, not sure if it wil work with your model.

According to the Raspberry PI FAQ (https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/faqs/),

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The latest firmware/software, however, allows booting to be set up without an SD card, for example from a USB stick or other mass storage device.

Hauklien · May 12, 2018

If that doesn't work, please check if your status lights can give you any clue to what the issues may be. Also, may I ask you what Raspberry PI model you've got?