Hi all,
first post here.
My Pi Zero W suddenly stopped working after a year or so. At first I thought maybe it's a faulty power cable, because it was a cheap micro usb from AliExpress that was kind of flimsy and it was bending near the charger, so I thought maybe the wire got broken from the bending.
When I replaced the cable the device still doesn't start (no LEDs light up, not even for a second). I did a quick search and people usually blame the SD card in those situations, but it's a relatively decent one (Goodram 32GB microSD HC class 10) and it reads just fine when plugged into a laptop directly.
I plugged a different empty microSD card into the Pi, but still not even a single flash of LED once the power was connected.
Is my Pi dead and I should just replace it or is there something else I should try first?