Yes it does sound like it is dead. If the power LED does not come on, that indicates that it has an issue. I suggest you try getting an RMA.
http://www.elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack#RMA_Support Gerald On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 4:29 AM, <ksathish...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > The problem is the same after JTAG header soldered. But Power LED not > lighting up while powered up through USB cable from laptop. > Is my BBB dead? > > > On Tuesday, 25 March 2014 09:53:03 UTC, Tsan-Ming Chou wrote: > >> If Power LED still lights up, that means no short happens. JTAG header >> has two reset signals: nSRST (system reset) and nTRST (JTAG reset). I >> believe one of these two pins must be connected incorrectly. You might try >> to dis-soldered the header first and see whether the BBB can work then. >> >> >> 2014-03-24 1:52 GMT+08:00 dd <ddlaw...@rocketmail.com>: >> >>> Hi. I bought BBB A6A new, 1 month ago. It worked OK out-of-the-box. >>> I power it from the USB from a windows laptop and poke around with a >>> browser. No problems. >>> I soldered on the proper JTAG header very carefully and now it is dead. >>> The Power LED lights up, but nothing else happens. >>> I am handy with electronics, programming and linux. >>> What can I do to troubleshoot the BBB? >>> Is there a DIY procedure? >>> I did not reflash the eMMC or a SDcard. >>> >>> thanks............dd >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
