PBP does not power on (or only 1 in 10 times)

[zkajdan]

Hi,

I have a PBP which when I press the power button, powers on about 1 in 10 times. Otherwise, the power light does not come on.

Has anyone encountered this? What could I do?

One thing I noticed is that successes and failures seem to appear in a row, e.g., 9 failures - 3 successes - 6 failures...
Also, it seems like when it had been powered off for some minutes, it always starts with a series of failures - as if it had to "warm up" somehow?
(Of course, that may be nonsense, it but wanted to mention just in case it is not :-))

Many thanks for any hints!!

[tllim]

Hi,

I have a PBP which when I press the power button, powers on about 1 in 10 times. Otherwise, the power light does not come on.

Has anyone encountered this? What could I do?

One thing I noticed is that successes and failures seem to appear in a row, e.g., 9 failures - 3 successes - 6 failures...
Also, it seems like when it had been powered off for some minutes, it always starts with a series of failures - as if it had to "warm up" somehow?
(Of course, that may be nonsense, it but wanted to mention just in case it is not :-))

Many thanks for any hints!!

Please install tow-boot and hopefully this help up.

[zkajdan]

Hi,

I have a PBP which when I press the power button, powers on about 1 in 10 times. Otherwise, the power light does not come on.

Has anyone encountered this? What could I do?

One thing I noticed is that successes and failures seem to appear in a row, e.g., 9 failures - 3 successes - 6 failures...
Also, it seems like when it had been powered off for some minutes, it always starts with a series of failures - as if it had to "warm up" somehow?
(Of course, that may be nonsense, it but wanted to mention just in case it is not :-))

Many thanks for any hints!!

Please install tow-boot and hopefully this help up.

Many thanks @tllim !!

I am trying, but when I get it to start once in a time (every 10th press or so) I get a message scrolling through infinitely - it may be that from TowBoot in fact, it's something ending in "flash to SPI"... But I can't react to that message...

Do you have an idea what I could do?

Many thanks again!!