Pi2B red/green LEDs stuck on, no boot

Jul 02, 2026 Last reply: 2 weeks ago 6 Replies

An elderly Pi2B v1.1 seems to have quit running. On power cycle both red and green status LEDs stay on, no flashes. Roughly one screen of boot output appears, then the screen goes blank and the monitor enters sleep mode. Re-seating the microSD card has no effect, unseating the microSD card has no effect, swapping the microSD card has no effect.



Plugging a usb cable into the usb ports and connecting a voltmeter to the red and black wires shows an initial 5 volts, then zero, then 5 volts after a few seconds. Putting the meter on the power supply leads shows 5 volts steady.



If I power cycle the Pi2 while the monitor remains powered and only a USB keyboard is connected the monitor shows the rainbow screen, about a page and a half of boot output, then blanks and enters "no signal" mode. The keyboard responds to caps lock.



Can anybody suggest other things to test?



Thanks for reading,



bob prohaska


Looks like the HDMI-DVI adapter was loose. It somehow allowed the first part of the boot message but cut off the rest......

Sorry for the noise!

bob prohaska

snipped-for-privacy@www.zefox.net wrote:

Sadly unless you want to drag out the hot ait station and the microscope I'd say it was cattled. Rhyming slang. ...Cattle truck....

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Glad you have found the cause, and this wouldn't have helped but for reference.

The very first thing to try is a fresh install on a new SD card.

---druck

[Snip]

Glad you have found the cause, and this wouldn't have helped but for reference.

The very first thing to try is a fresh install on a new SD card.

---druck

Remembering that you need a 32 bit (not 64 bit) version of your chosen OS.

Hah! I think I have an occasional problem like that, too. (Possibly loose HDMI cable, in my case.)

In my case the machine (a streamer box in the living room) is on pretty much all the time, so the manifestation is the video signal occasionally disappears completely.

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