Raspberry Pi not booting, even when I install NOOBS on a formatted usb

Question

I have this problem for a while now, the rpi doesn't boot.

The red led is on but the green led never opens. I have formatted the SD card and re-install NOOBS on it but again I can't boot it. Before this problem appeared I opened and close the power supply because I wanted to fix the LCD that I have. I think I messed up the SD card reader. I tried most of the things I found on the internet nothing made it boot.

Will I need a new Raspberry Pi? If anyone has any suggestions I am happy to hear them.

Possible duplicate of Raspberry Pi 3b+ not booting. Please look at The Boot Problems Sticky. — Ingo, Mar 21 '19 at 22:35
PI3B+, good, because that can boot from USB out-of-the-box Try imaging a USB drive and see if that boots - at least then you can narrow down the issue — Jaromanda X, Mar 21 '19 at 22:42
sure - that can work too - of course, if that doesn't work, that doesn't rule out the sd card as somehow being at fault - though unlikely that you can write to it in one PC and not read it in pi, but stranger things have happened - I'm also assuming pi3b+ can boot from USB out of the box (according to something I read over at rpi org) — Jaromanda X, Mar 21 '19 at 23:34
@JaromandaX it doesn't work either, I will try another usb and see if it works — Andreas Paxih, Mar 21 '19 at 23:58
Are you able to measure 3.3V between pin#1 & pin#6 (or pin#9). Have you been abusing the gpio pins in any way? A short circuit between pin#2 or pin#4 and any other pin lets the magic blue smoke escape and your RPI can only be fixed for £35 (aka a new one). — Dougie, Mar 22 '19 at 05:53
You wrote that you have checked The Boot Problems Sticky, but nothing works. What failed first? — Ingo, Mar 24 '19 at 10:40
@Ingo First I install the latest NOOBS version and I format the SD card, then I cover the 3v3 gpio port, even tried heating it up with a blow dryer. Nothing worked — Andreas Paxih, Mar 24 '19 at 11:40
You do not follow The Boot Problems Sticky so you cannot say "Nothing worked." There are instructions if NOOBS does not work. Have you ever read it? — Ingo, Mar 24 '19 at 15:18

romankh3 · Answer 1 · 2019-03-23T10:19:17.693

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Try to do it again, follow the guidelines below:

Download official OS from raspberrypi.org
Format your microSD card via CD card Formatter.
Flash your .img file to microSD via balenaEtcher which is recommended by Raspberry.
boot it to your Raspberry Pi 3b+ or other Raspberry Pi.
Be happy :)

if you have any questions, you can find the full description here.

edited Mar 23 '19 at 10:19

answered Mar 22 '19 at 08:29

romankh3

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Already tried that, didn't help – Andreas Paxih Mar 22 '19 at 09:24
Have you tried to do it with another SD card? – romankh3 Mar 23 '19 at 06:21
no but this sd works on my pc and mobile – Andreas Paxih Mar 23 '19 at 08:27
Looks like your issue related to raspberry hardware. Do you search how to check raspberry? Something like health check. It can help you to understand that hardware ok or not. – romankh3 Mar 23 '19 at 10:11
I will do one when I get home – Andreas Paxih Mar 23 '19 at 11:39
Please, write about it after. It can be very useful for others, including me :) – romankh3 Mar 23 '19 at 12:09
will I have to boot it first? – Andreas Paxih Mar 23 '19 at 12:16

Raspberry Pi not booting, even when I install NOOBS on a formatted usb

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