Troubleshooting • Re: PI Zero W heats up soon

After inserting the SD card into my PI Zero W and turning it on, it gets very hot within about 40 seconds.

Define "very hot" because the Pi SoC can fell very hot to the touch while still running below designed thermal limits (85C/185F).

I bought my PI Zero W a few days ago.
I flashed SD card through Raspberry Pi Imager ver.1.8.5.
OS is `Raspberry Pi OS (Legacy, 32-bit) Lite`.
Setting is nothing.

Is this symptom an initial failure?
Is it okay to have it replaced?

Could be, but more information is needed to be sure.

Try connecting power without an SD card in the system. If it still heats up quickly, then it's likely bad and needs to be replaced.

Statistics: Posted by HawaiianPi — Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:22 pm

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