Riley, try powering the board through an USB cable, to make sure that it is nothing related to the hw or sw on the board. If positive then try with a power supply that match the minimal requirements.
2015-12-05 9:28 GMT+01:00 William Hermans <yyrk...@gmail.com>: > Voltage has to be too high, or not high enough. I'd assume too high as > you've already stated the power supply is 5.25v. The reason why I say it > has to be this, is that the power LED goes out nearly instantly. > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Gerald Coley <ger...@beagleboard.org> > wrote: > >> 5.25V is a little high and in reality it may be even higher on power up. >> The spec is 5V. I suggest you try and meet the specification and get a good >> power supply. >> >> Another possibility is that while the supply is rated at 3A, it may have >> a surge limiting function based on the product it was designed for. It >> could be that as the board powers up and the current increases, it >> increases to fast causing the power supply to shut down. I cannot say that >> is the case or not based on a video. >> >> Also, based on the video you need t plug in the power jack., not wiggle >> it in. Just plug in in firmly. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:35 PM, ril3y <rileypor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey Everyone. >>> >>> >>> I need to use the 5v rails for about 300-400 miliamps so after doing a >>> bunch of reading I found out that I could pull this from the 5v rail IF I >>> used an external power adapter. >>> >>> I found one on amazon and got it here today. Its 5v @3 amps. I check >>> it out and it looks to be about at 5.25V. Here is a video of what is >>> happening. >>> https://goo.gl/photos/4fnzHVykRxVvgosB7 >>> >>> It looks like it turns on.. the user leds light up then everything just >>> fails. I am not sure what the issue is. I have tried 2 different BBB's >>> and both exhibit the exact same behavior. >>> >>> Thanks everyone. >>> >>> Riley >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Gerald >> >> ger...@beagleboard.org >> http://beagleboard.org/ >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
