Orange Pi Zero 2 *usually* doesn't boot up

[Leon Wilk]

I have an Orange Pi Zero 2 set up with Octoprint and a webcam. No keyboard or screen, all access over ssh... if it's running. If it started OK, then no problem, everything works fine. If. Usually powering it up lights up the red LED and... it ends here. I waited even half an hour, red, no boot. Occasionally - one in five-ten attempts to boot - the LED turns green after a couple seconds and the board boots fine. Very rarely the red turns to green after a minute or so, and the board boots up.

 

Unfortunately, having no cable to connect it to a monitor or serial, my diagnostics are quite limited - after booting dmesg looks mostly clean, but maybe in case it's a semi-common problem and someone could direct me to a solution? Or if not, suggest what's the best way to diagnose further?

 

(OS: Orange Pi 3.0.6 Bullseye with Linux 5.16.17-sun50iw9 )

Edited February 1, 2023 by Leon Wilk
Adding linux version

[ALIGMSTEN]

'Green Light occasionally', your operating system, is from Orange Pi and not Armbian. Take a look at the downloads page.

 

 

[Werner]

Raise issue on vendor forums.

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