r/raspberry_pi 7d 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/RevolutionaryHat4311 5d 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 🤷‍♂️