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Re:A Xenon flash will cause the Raspberry Pi 2 to freeze by jayrhynas on Saturday February 07, 2015 @10:13PM (#9016288)
The most recent post [1] seems to indicate that covering one of the chips with blu-tac prevents the freeze

[1] http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=99042...

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Re:A Xenon flash will cause the Raspberry Pi 2 to freeze by bluehex on Saturday February 07, 2015 @11:43PM (#9016434)
I'm thinking of trying a more permanent fix with some Sugru[1] when my Pi 2 arrives. Their about says it's insulating and okay for electric repairs under 24 volts.

[1] http://sugru.com/about

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Re:A Xenon flash will cause the Raspberry Pi 2 to freeze by bluehex on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @11:01AM (#9027958)
Maybe not such a good idea according to: http://sugru.com/questions/can-i-use-sugru-to-secure-shock-m...
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Re:A Xenon flash will cause the Raspberry Pi 2 to freeze by analog31 on Saturday February 07, 2015 @10:57PM (#9016364)
Not knowing what the IC is, one thought is that the blu-tac could be blocking light, or providing a wee bit of extra capacitance to tame a wicked electrical signal.
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