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The Pi is cooked
1 October 2025 | by 
Ham Clock setup page
A very long time ago I purchased a Raspberry Pi3 and at the time I was excited about experimenting with it but work got in the way, and it was put on the self. About 4 years ago and retired, I blew the dust off it and loaded Ham Clock on it. I have been using it ever since and found it has some very handy information for when I am contesting. The other day I turned on the Pi3, and it started to load, but I was then met with a black screen and the message "unable to load". I turned it off and back on and this time everything loaded except Ham Clock and for some reason it reverted to the setup page. I tried again to reboot, but Ham Clock still showed the setup page. I entered all my information again and was good to go...until I started the Pi3 the next day, when I booted the Pi3 nothing appeared on the screen and the LED lights on the Pi3 were flashing on and off very erratically. I changed out the SD card, reloaded the OS and after some investigation, I concluded the Pi3 was done. I now have a Pi4b on its way here and should be here on Sunday.
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Try to verify the power source. It is sensible at this. Eventually, change it.
Good morning Ady and very nice to hear from you, in the past I have had issues with the power supply. I had a message saying low voltage on the screen. I change the power supply to a Pi power supply what was 3.5 amps. That issue has never come back.
73,
Mike
VE9KK
Can to be the tension (cable and conector?), but and ripples. Use an oscilloscope to verify.
Good morning Ady, well it’s too late for that a new Pi4b arrived yesterday and will be going into service today sometime. The other Pi is on its way to recycling.
73 and have a great week.
Mike
VE9KK