It could be a power issue... the adapter may have large decoupling capacitors, and plugging in will drain a lot of power to charge those capacitors, and it can lead to a brownout or a reset. If you have an oscilloscope you can probe the power rails and check if there's a large voltage drop when you plug the adapter. But it would not explain why it reboots while unplugging... Mauro https://www.maurosouza.com - registered Linux User: 294521 Scripture is both history, and a love letter from God. On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM William Park via Talk <talk@lists.gtalug.org> wrote:

(Double posted, so reply to your list)

To anyone with Raspberry Pi Zero 2W...

I just got Zero 2W + mini HDMI adapter + micro USB OTG cable combo, from Amazon last week. All seem to be working. *Except*, whenever I plug or unplug OTG cable, the Zero 2W *reboots*. Nothing is connected to the USB cable, so it's not "power" issue. I don't know if the problem is Zero 2W side or USB cable side.

Does your Zero 2W reboot, when you plug/unplug OTG cable? It's strange that plugging/unplugging just USB cable, would cause a reboot. ------------------------------------ Description: GTALUG Talk Unsubscribe via Talk-unsubscribe@lists.gtalug.org Start a new thread: talk@lists.gtalug.org This message archived at https://lists.gtalug.org/archives/list/talk@lists.gtalug.org/message/BFIVR64...