Pinebook Pro not powering on / not booting (tried things listed in wiki/forum)
01-30-2020, 05:46 PM
My new pinebook pro worked well when I first used it on Monday (except for the trackpad, but I hadn't done the firmware update yet).
I used it to connect to my desktop via remmina & enjoyed the experience.
Then I closed the lid & left it in my backpack (assuming it would go hibernate/suspend), the next morning it was off and would not turn on anymore.
I assumed the battery had drained so I connect the charger (DC wall-plug, not USB). The red LED next to the charger input lighted up.
I left it charging all afternoon and occasionally tried to turn it on. But it wouldn't even after a couple of hours.
After a couple of hours the red indicator LED stopped lighting up (someone on the irc told me later that indicates full battery - Initially I thought my battery did not charge).
So far I tried a bunch of stuff that was suggested in the forum, or the wiki, but so far nothing has made the device turn on or show any indications of life (leds, screen) when pressing power:
1. remove battery while power plug connected (in case battery had completely drained), wait 5 seconds, reconnect, wait 20 min then press power. Tried this four times total.
2. try if powers up with battery unplugged, DC-plug connected and bypass cable closed -> except high high pitch noise for a few seconds nothing happen
3. checked for loose connections of emmc, daugtherboard, flipped emmc/sd switch.
4. tried to boot from sd (mrfixit2001 image), with emmc/sd switch toggled on or off.
5. hit reset button.
6. flashed emmc via emmc-sd-adapter directly from my laptop with bionic lxde image via dd & tried to boot that.
Thankful for any suggestions.
I used it to connect to my desktop via remmina & enjoyed the experience.
Then I closed the lid & left it in my backpack (assuming it would go hibernate/suspend), the next morning it was off and would not turn on anymore.
I assumed the battery had drained so I connect the charger (DC wall-plug, not USB). The red LED next to the charger input lighted up.
I left it charging all afternoon and occasionally tried to turn it on. But it wouldn't even after a couple of hours.
After a couple of hours the red indicator LED stopped lighting up (someone on the irc told me later that indicates full battery - Initially I thought my battery did not charge).
So far I tried a bunch of stuff that was suggested in the forum, or the wiki, but so far nothing has made the device turn on or show any indications of life (leds, screen) when pressing power:
1. remove battery while power plug connected (in case battery had completely drained), wait 5 seconds, reconnect, wait 20 min then press power. Tried this four times total.
2. try if powers up with battery unplugged, DC-plug connected and bypass cable closed -> except high high pitch noise for a few seconds nothing happen
3. checked for loose connections of emmc, daugtherboard, flipped emmc/sd switch.
4. tried to boot from sd (mrfixit2001 image), with emmc/sd switch toggled on or off.
5. hit reset button.
6. flashed emmc via emmc-sd-adapter directly from my laptop with bionic lxde image via dd & tried to boot that.
Thankful for any suggestions.
