# Boron dead after flashing

**URL:** <https://community.particle.io/t/boron-dead-after-flashing/50638>\
**Category:** Troubleshooting\
**Tags:** boron\
**Created:** [June 24, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/boron-dead-after-flashing/50638 "2019-06-24T13:07:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![lympik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c89c15/32.png) [@lympik](https://community.particle.io/u/lympik)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 1:07pm UTC](https://community.particle.io/t/boron-dead-after-flashing/50638/1 "2019-06-24T13:07:59Z")

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I tried to flash 20 borons but 2 are now black and not responding. The orange LED is working but the RGB LED keeps being black. I tried to enter DFU mode or do a factory reset but nothing works. Anybody knows how to get these borons back alive?