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    PowerBlock not turning off Pi after shutdown

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      moeman
      last edited by moeman

      I just received my PowerBlock, set it up with a latching button and LED, and installed the driver on my Pi 3 running RetroPie 4.2. Everything works as it is supposed to, but when I push the button to shut down, after the system shuts down, the LED keeps blinking and never cuts the power. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver, both manually and the driver included with RetroPie. The only thing I could find related to PowerBlock is that there was a problem a few months ago and the updated driver should fix it, but I'm using the latest driver and still having this problem. I saw another recent post about the same issue with ControlBlock and a new RetroPie image with the ControlBlock driver, but no mention of PowerBlock. Any ideas how I can solve this for PowerBlock? Thanks

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        petrockblog Global Moderator
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        Have you connected the micro USB connector to the PowerBlock? It must only be connected to the PowerBlock.

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          moeman
          last edited by moeman

          Yes, it has always been plugged into the PowerBlock. Like the other post about a similar issue with Controlblock, it will blink when powered off, never cutting the power and will not turn the Pi back on when I flip the switch until I disconnect power from the PowerBlock and reattach

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            moeman
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            I finally gave up and started with a fresh RetroPie image, everything is working as it should. Must have been something on my other SD card with the older version of RetroPie that has been updated to 4.2.

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              petrockblog Global Moderator
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              Glad to hear that it is working for you now.

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