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I was using my pi as a wifi router using USB wifi adapters and saw "USB over-current messages".

I removed the USB devices and over-current messages stopped. however after some time. Pi restarted and doesn't boot now.

The Red LED doesn't glow (changed Power supplies, tried powering up using GPIO header).

The green LED is glows continuously (no blinks, solid).

SD card looks fine, no corruption (i mounted in my laptop and was able to read the files)

The Middle chip at bottom gets hot, if i leave the pi connected to power. I waited for 24hrs as some websites suggested that fuse may have gone bad. But still it is not booting :'(

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raptor
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Remove everything. Plug in a freshly-burned SD card. Plug in a known good power source (maybe a branded phone charger, about 1A to 2A current, Samsung charger maybe)

If the RED LED flashes, it should mean that it can still boot. If not, maybe the LAN chip got fried (Symptoms: hot chip).

Grab a voltage meter. Power up the pi using the power supply. Look at the reverse side of the pi. Check these points (These are from memory. It may be wrong):

PP1, PP2 and PP7: Should give out 5V
PP8: Should give out 3.3V
PP9: Should give out 1.8V

If everything is good, your LAN chip may really be fried. If not, try to find a way to fix it (Take note that the Pi may become a fire hazard).

Safety first. If you smell smoke, remove and decommission the pi and get a new one.

Aloha
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Plug out all your USBs, energy, HDMI, SD card and everything!

Take Raspberry Pi get out from the case.

Clean your Raspberry Pi's top and down sides centle with soft brush.

Only put HDMI and energy cable with micro SD card.

Start your Raspberry Pi.

Bay
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I would also add heatsinks to the Broadcom chip and the ethernet chip (the two chips on the board.) You can find them on Amazon and the like.

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