# Dead Pi Pico

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/dead-pi-pico/16033>\
**Category:** Raspberry Pi\
**Created:** [January 28, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/dead-pi-pico/16033 "2021-01-28T13:03:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![surf6ne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@surf6ne](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/surf6ne)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/dead-pi-pico/16033/1 "2021-01-28T13:03:44Z")

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Just received a Pico (#1453673) - It doesn’t do anything. I believe I should hold the bootsel button whilst plugging it in so it shows up as a flash drive.

I’ve tried multiple microusb cables on multiple devices - nothing.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Shoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Shoe](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Shoe)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/dead-pi-pico/16033/2 "2021-01-28T13:57:31Z")

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What type of operating system is on the compter have you been plugging it into - Windows, Mac or Linux?

Do the microUSB cables you’re using definitely carry data? There are an annoying amount out there which are power-only. If you have any other microUSB devices which would use the data lines it would be useful to confirm that the cable is good.

If all else fails then you’d probably be better emailing Pimoroni for a replacement at [support@pimoroni.com](mailto:support@pimoroni.com), but maybe it’ll not come to that.

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**Author:** ![surf6ne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@surf6ne](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/surf6ne)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/dead-pi-pico/16033/3 "2021-01-28T15:07:14Z")

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Apologies, you are right. It was the cable. My camera cables work fine camera to Win10, Mac, and rPi but don’t work with the Pico. I have found a cable that works with the Pico. Sorry!

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**Author:** ![Shoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Shoe](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Shoe)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 3:35pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/dead-pi-pico/16033/4 "2021-01-28T15:35:31Z")

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It’s easily done, I wonder why the cable doesn’t work with the Pico specifically? That’s an unusual one.

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**Author:** ![dontkickmi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/41988e/32.png) [@dontkickmi](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/dontkickmi)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/dead-pi-pico/16033/5 "2023-02-14T11:41:07Z")

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Thanks. Same here, solved it with another cable.