The OS , bookworm or any other, equires 0 amps to run. The hardware needs amps. And no pi requires 5 amps to run either.My trusty Pi is acting like an Apple product. It says it is too old to upgrade (upgrade of OS fails saying there is no longer a repository or something like that for my OS).
So, I dashed my files and figured I do a fresh install on the same 32GB SD card. I picked the 32 bit OS with bookworm in the name a selected Pi 3. It builds the card OK but I just get 3 flashes on the activity led and no boot. I tried on another Pi and got the same result. I also tried another SD card that also used to work with the same result and 3 different power supplies that also used to work. I also tried downloading the 32 bit image (bookworm) that claims to work on all devices and used etcher to load two different cards with the same 3 flashes of death result.
Then I tried a legacy version and loaded it onto one card and it booted and said it was repartitioning then it would reboot. Which it did then said it was starting the desktop and then stopped driving video and the activity light turned off.
What is the deal? Is this the Apple model when I need to buy a new machine or is there something dumb that I’m missing like the new OS requires a 5A power supply instead of 2.5A
I won’t buy another Pi if they only last a few years. If I can’t get this figured out, I’ll just send them to electronic waste disposal.
Any ideas would be great
3 flashes in a Pi 3 means it is not finding some os file to boot, if I am not mistaken.
Statistics: Posted by memjr — Thu Jun 06, 2024 3:06 am