# Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W booting continuously into BOOTSEL **URL:** \ **Category:** Raspberry Pi\ **Created:** [June 5, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/raspberry-pi-pico-2-w-booting-continuously-into-bootsel/68979 "2026-06-05T04:15:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sivily1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@sivily1](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/sivily1)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2026, 4:15am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/raspberry-pi-pico-2-w-booting-continuously-into-bootsel/68979/1 "2026-06-05T04:15:46Z")
I recently bought a few Raspberry Pico 2 W’s. They have been working great, but lately, in a project of mine, one of the pico’s stopped working so I replaced it and kept going. T he Pico in question is having an issue where it is always booting into BOOTSEL (showing up as a mass storage media device every time). Things I have tested: The BOOTSEL button with a multimeter (it is working fine) Shorting the run pin (resets, but connects again in BOOTSEL) Multiple different USB cables (Other pico 2’s work fine on same cable and computer) UF2 Nuke Was looking for help regarding diagnosing and fixing or seeing if the board is faulty. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![TS-Russell](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/sparkfun/user_avatar/community.sparkfun.com/ts-russell/32/6092_2.png) [@TS-Russell](https://community.sparkfun.com/u/TS-Russell)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://community.sparkfun.com/t/raspberry-pi-pico-2-w-booting-continuously-into-bootsel/68979/2 "2026-06-06T03:23:50Z")
Odd. Have you tried swapping SD cards? Reboot PC as well…and ensure only one is connected at once