Second-hand Pi - what is it, and why won't it work? - Raspberry Pi Forums


i have been given second hand raspberry pi , know nothing working history.the board marked (o) 2011.12. in pictures looks model b revision 2.0. before start spending money usb keyboard, monitor, etc. way check if @ least might work. found 4 gbyte sandisk sd card, , power supply 1 amp , 5 volts. out of power light. far, not flicker of green. have tried install te system sd card many times, , dont know doing.
laptop card reader running ubuntu gnome 14.04.
phil

at point, want download raspbian jessie lite (a 4gb card small full raspbian). unpack os , copy card using dd. there instructions linked download page. (start here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... /readme.md ).

if have monitor has either hdmi or dvi-d input, can connect pi , video output. if connect pi lan, once boots (if does), can connect laptop ssh.

if else fails, find jam near by, take pi there , ask help.


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