Phantom 2 not powering up
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fans132bdc23
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When I turn the power on to my Phantom 2 it powers up then completely shuts down

One quick green light flash then nothing

Batteries are fine as I’ve tested on my other drone and no issues

As I power the battery on it quickly flashes green once makes a small noise then nothing

Anyone had this issue or know what might be wrong
2017-11-12
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Mark The Droner
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It seems the boot up process is failing.  
2017-11-12
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fans132bdc23
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Is there any way of fixing this
2017-11-12
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DJI Susan
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How about changing to another working battery? Could you upload a short video for better assistance?
2017-11-13
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fans132bdc23
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I have 3 all good working batteries that work fine with my other drone
I’ll upload a video
Cheers
2017-11-14
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https://youtu.be/w0hSzXRs3qY

See the above YouTube clip mine does exactly the same but flashes red
2017-11-14
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Mark The Droner
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It is very hard to diagnose problems in threads such as this one.

In the OP, you clearly stated the Phantom flashes green.  

In post #6, you state the Phantom flashes red.  

Maybe it doesn't matter whether it flashes green or flashes red.  But the fact that you are not clear about what color it flashes makes us think there may be other things happening that you haven't clearly explained.


First thing I'd do is clean the battery posts and the data posts on both the AC and the battery.  Next, I would take the top off and go through the entire AC with a flashlight and a magnifying glass and, starting with the battery/data posts, be sure every connection is solid.  
2017-11-14
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fans132bdc23
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Definitely flashing red
Will continue to keep trying to solve
Have gone over all the internals can’t see anything out of the ordinary. Time to start maybe removing motors and esc’s
See what happens.
2017-11-14
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fans132bdc23
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Desoldered the esc that I thought might be the issue today
It was making a quite noise when it tried to power up.
Any soon as I desoldered this one she fired up straight away, new esc to be bought and see how she goes
Fingers crossed that’s all it is.
Thanks to all comments. Will post once I confirm it’s all good and flying again
2017-11-16
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