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echo: rberrypi
to: DRUCK
from: BOB PROHASKA
date: 2020-09-19 00:49:00
subject: Re: status lights on Pi4

druck  wrote:
> On 18/09/2020 03:22, bob prohaska wrote:
>> Just got a Pi4 with 8GB of RAM up and running. It's an impressive
>> upgrade from a 3b+....
>>
>> It looks as if the logic of the green status LED has been inverted:
>> On the 3b+ the LED was off when idle, flashing when active. The 4
>> seems to idle with the green LED on, it blinks off when active.
>>
>> Is that the whole story? I poked around a little on the Web and
>> didn't find any mention, except for flash codes that signal POST
>> failures.
>
> I've got an early 4GB Pi4 using a USB stick and the latest 8GB using an
> SSD. I only see the green LED when it access the SD card on booting,
> then its off after that.
>
> Have you checked with something like dstat that something isn't
> continuously buggering with your SD card?
>

No SD card installed..... The RaspiOS started life on the 3b+ and
simply got moved to the 4. If everybody else began with a clean
install that might account for the difference. Clearly what I'm
seeing isn't normal.

Thanks to all for writing,

bob prohaska

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