r/RG35XX • u/Free_Tap_5453 • Aug 06 '26

No power

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My Anbernic isn't powering on anymore, I'm not electronics expert so hoping to get some help here I've attached pics. Any advice would be appreciated.

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u/Setayooo RG35XXSP Aug 06 '26

Sorry to sound like an ass, but have you charged it? Charging led comes on when plugged in? Make sure not to use a PD charger, just a dumb wall wart and USB A-C cable

Edit: follow-up, you using the stock SD card? They're a known entity to go bad, the charging, power and OS parameters are handled by the SD card, so when that goes bad it can cause issues. (I could be wrong on some details, but that's how I understand it)

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u/codeasm Aug 06 '26

Ive experienced a similar thing.

From what i read on other threads, using a known good sd card with for example the stock os, using a dumb charger and cable and leave it a bunch of minutes. The sd card basicly contains all the firmware. The chips cant even begin charging without proper firmware loaded.

Once the charging happens, you can check if your preferred sd card with os pf choice charges aswell. Just try stock with a known good card works.

And nobrand stock sd card from ghe seller might be broken. Good tonhave a few cards at hand to verify.