Jan Panteltje wrote:
>
> I think a bad wallwart is sure a possibility, the electrolytic capacitors in
those often go bad.
> OTOH I have a Pi like yours now running about 12 hours a day since 2013 on
the same old wallwart:
>
http://panteltje.com/panteltje/raspberry_pi_FDS132_matrix_display_driver/index.
html
> stopped every evening with 'poweroff' and has not failed to boot once, same
old card...
Mine is on permananently because it's the DNS and DHCP server for the
home LAN.
> Sometimes I accidently unplug it.. it still reboots OK every time.
> But I NEVER upgrade things that work (never repair something that works!!!)
:-)
> Fixed IP address (could that explain something?).
Since it is the DNS/DHCP server it has to be fixed IP really.
> One thing: your card does not happen to be full? I had that once and it
> caused all sort of strange problems.
No, I've checked that, it's one of the first things I always look at
when there are strange things happening.
> The pi above also gets its time from the LAN via the internet when it starts
up.
>
Yes, that's why the times at boot jump about a bit.
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Chris Green
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