My PBP starts up like a 1977 Chevy Nova
09-13-2021, 04:23 PM
(09-12-2021, 08:17 PM)KC9UDX Wrote: Well we can, sort of.
Try putting it in a freezer for a while before turning it on and see if it takes longer to get it going. It, warm it up first.
Also, you can try to isolate the problem to the SD card or the eMMC.
Wait, is putting it in the freezer a serious suggestion? Or an oblique joke? (Freezing was one of the ways to try to deal with the old hard drives when they had the click-of-death, wasn't it?)
It did occur to me that it might be the warm weather was contributing to the problem. But it hasn't been as hot in NYC lately.
It would be nice to isolate the emmc, but that is difficult when the SD card reader won't read SD cards. I haven't messed more with trying to get USB to boot yet, but it does seem like that might be next because maybe I just need a new emmc.