Powerblock keeps rebooting
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It sounds as if the power switch is not correctly connected with the PowerBlock. In that case the RPi will shutdown right after boot, what would lead to the behaviour that you described above.
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Today i solderd a new switch (thank god i orderd 2) after soldering i measured it with a multimeter and it works good.
results are the same.
i started on a small sd card with an clean Retropie image of the 4.02 and try installing the powerblock on that bij script.
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So i tested with a clean 4.02 retropie image on a 16gb sd card and during the first controller mapping it started rebooting.
Is it possible the powerblock unit is broken?
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You can test if the PowerBlock reacts as expected to a pressed button by only connecting the two "switch" pins with each other (i.e., no real button is needed for that). That signals the PowerBlock to turn on. As soon as that connection is interrupted, the PowerBlock emits a shutdown signal to the RPi, which in turn will initiate a shutdown.
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I tested Withe a clean new build of 4.02 without powerblock and it ran like clockwork, then i tested the same build with the powerblock and ik bridge the switch pins so they would stay on it booted but as soon as es station is active it reboots.
The second time i tried booting it it would not boot at all.
Today i tried the clean 4.02 without powerblock it booted the right way, then i thried with the powerblock and still it would not boot no lights nothing.
I think thid powerblock has lost the fight somehow.
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Can you send me your order ID via email please? I will take care for a replacement then.
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I Send the mail by the contact form on the petrockblog site
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Got it. You will get a mail soon!
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I got the new powerblock in today, will try it as soon as i have time
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Well finaly i got to putting om my new powerblock after putting in the script code it seemd like it went the same way as the previous version with the rebooting and all.
I removed the powerblock went in to the retropie setup and updated the installation script, then went to the drivers and installed the powerblock from there.
After a reboot it works like a charm now.
Thanks Florian
Retropie rocks !!
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