Unexpected failure

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I just got a new BeagleBone Black and have flashed Debian 7.9 successfully. I was connected with USB to a Mac running OSX 10.10.5 Yosemite. I was using a 5v 2A power adapter and a TP-Link TL-WN722N wifi adapter. I used both with another BBB for about a year with no problems. I was in the process of adding the Adafruit wifi-reset script to the startup services when the BeagleBone died. Nothing else was connected.

Now whenever I try to boot the system, there is a single momentary flash of of the power light and thats it.

Is this likely just bad luck on my part? Is anyone else having this problem?

Thank you
Fred Patrick

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It may be that there is a short somewhere in the circuitry and the intelligent power supply is detecting this and turning off the power. Check with a magnifying glass, or preferably a loupe, to see if there are any connections being made that are not supposed to be there.