notsoNice!Nano, not responsive and showing orange led when connected to usb power.
I ordered a corne kit with 2 nicenanos and 2 niceview which arrived yesterday. Soldered everything at the same temp and amount of solder. 1 nice!nano is functioning fine and both nice!views are functioning fine when on the same board as the working nice!nano.
However the other nice!nano's does not show as a usb device when connected to computer (tested multiple computers and OS). When it is connected by usb, only the orange led shows, no blue led and no flashing of any kind. just the solid orange led. I have tried bridging the RST & GND pins to force reset but got no response. Both functioning nice!views do not show anything on the board. Not even the OLED static you can see on a nice!view connected to an un-flashed board. I have resoldered pins to eliminate the possibility of a dry solder joint.
Did I get a dead board? I have a lot of experience with soldering and these kinds of projects and the other nice!nano that was soldered the same way is fine.
Any ideas as to what it could be the issue or what I could do to fix it?
I'm in Australia and really dont want to have to wait another 2 weeks for a replacement.
2 Replies
It sounds like you've done a thorough job troubleshooting. The solid orange LED usually indicates a bootloader issue.
Try manually shorting the RST and GND pins with metal tweezers, double-tapping to enter the bootloader. See this guide: https://docs.typeractive.xyz/troubleshooting/entering-bootloader
If that doesn't work, follow this guide from Nice Keyboards to re-flash the bootloader: https://nicekeyboards.com/docs/nice-nano/troubleshooting#my-nicenano-seems-to-be-acting-up-and-i-want-to-re-flash-the-bootloader
Let me know if you need further assistance!
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I have tried shorting the RST and GND pins
I cant re-flash the bootloader because i cant double-tap reset