Connection to Beaglebone blue

[drexian]

I cannot get the beaglebone blue to connect via usb.

It will not appear as a device in either windows or linux.

I hvae installed the drivers for windows and still no luck.

The blue led is flashing with a heartbeat pattern.

I cannot see the wifi node.

I have tried several different usb cables. And on different PCs.

Am I missing something or was I just sent a duff board?

Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.

[radagast...@gmail.com]

Same here.
First BBBlue died from either a spark when connecting barrel plug (from now on I only plug in the AC side) or emmc emptied from a magnetic XBee  being pulled across the wifi card it got attracted to accidentally.

2nd first worked then same heartbeat LED came on (no more red, yellow lights) and no more hotspot to connect to. From now I never plug in a second Wifi interface. Or it was the SSH connection that got interrupted. Difficult to tell