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I burned through three of them because of a bad ground or power failures.

Granted, I may be an idiot, but none of my computers failed during that time.
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Zach⚡️ 1y ago

I recommend using the proprietary Pi cable and a UBS/Surge protector when possible

But yeah, three failures is no good. Just out of curiosity, did you check if the SD card had failed?

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Shawn 1y ago

100% use only the RPI AC cable.

Beyond that, SD card corruption was my biggest problem.

I repurposed my Pi 4 as a general purpose Ubuntu box and flashed the firmware to boot directly from SSD. Smooth sailing ever since.