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echo: rberrypi
to: RICHARD LEWIS
from: NOTVALID@NOTVALID.PIG
date: 2020-03-30 00:22:00
subject: Re: Old PI - No ACT light

On Sun, 29 Mar 2020 08:47:12 +1300,
nospam.Richard.Lewis@f317.n249.z1.binkp.net (Richard Lewis) wrote:

>Yesterday my PI was working fine. Today I couldn't SSH to it. Checking the
>LEDs I see only PWR is on, no ACT even after restart.
>
>I read online it could be a malfunctioning SD card. So I used another card
>used the GUI installer to install Raspbian. Inserted into PI and restarted,
>again no ACT and nothing on the monitor.
>

Anecdotal, I know but I would suggest testing or swopping out the
power supply, in five years and several pi's I have had two Raspberry
branded power supplies fail, one with a dead electrolytic capacitor
fixed with a new capacitor soldered in and the other with an
undiscovered fault.

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