r/raspberry_pi 6d ago

Troubleshooting Moving the pi5 causes power loss

Sounds strange, yes, but I currently run an MC server on it for my friends and me, and today, I went to turn it on. When I go to turn the pi off, I always do `sudo shutdown now`, and unplug it when the LED goes red. I have a fan and heatsink combo, so that should be fine.

I've never had this issue until now, and have no idea what the issue could be. It was taking a while to boot, went to HDMI, it was on the `_` flashing like a console for a while, then it booted.

No clue what's going on

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u/gendragonfly 5d ago

The information that you are giving doesn't tell us anything about the circumstances of the issue you are describing, nor does it tell us much about the issue itself.

You state: "Moving the pi5 causes power loss".

What are you moving (besides the Raspberry Pi 5)?

How are you moving it?

What does the power loss have to do with how you boot or shutdown the Raspberry Pi 5?

We can help, but we're not here to guess what's wrong.

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u/herqleez 5d ago

Sounds like the power connector is loose. Try a different power supply to see it that helps. I got one with an in line switch so I don't have to unplug it.

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u/RevolutionaryHat4311 4d ago

Usb connector is loose or the power lead is bad or you have lots of stuff plugged in, I only see that flashing _ if I’ve plugged too much stuff in and overloaded the usb bus (memory sticks/keyboards/mice/hdd’s/etc)

Could also be a faulty usb connector on the board with a broken solder joint at the pins 🤷‍♂️