PBP dying

[boukament]

I have a PBP from the recent batch. Today I restarted it with 1% battery charge and it didn't turn back on. After a forum search I tried loading it over USB-C, which worked. After a time, half of my screen was vertical grey lines. Then after restarting and logging in, the screen was all vertical grey lines. I tried switching from Wayland to X11, which worked, but switching back also worked. Then it stopped working entirely. With the barrel charger it wouldn't turn on, charging it over USB gives a blinking red light. Without the battery and the barrel power adapter, nothing happens, but with a USB adapter the Pinebook produces varyingly pitched noises. Any ideas?

[wdt]

>blinking red light
On top (power led) OR on side (charge led)???
blinking charge led,= charge fault
blinking power led = uboot / dtb /initrd problem
Do give it 6-12 hr charge or until charge led turns off

[boukament]

>blinking red light
>On top (power led) OR on side (charge led)???

the LED on the side

[wdt]

If you have a DVM (digital volt meter), check barrel plug
to see if charger is working....
If the blinking is NOT immediate, unplug , replug several times
OR manually charge battery to ~2-5% capacity,,,,charge at <4.2V, <50ma
Just about any voltage supply will do with a large enough resistor to choke amperage (100-500 ohms)
Then see if it still blinks

[boukament]

It was the charger, it is dead. With a new charger, everything works flawlessly again (charging over USB-C is broken now, but that's no big issue to me).