Greetings, I have a Beagle Bone Black (BBB) that I somehow managed to brick and I have been following the instructions on these two sites to try and re-flash the image: http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Updating_The_Software http://learn.adafruit.com/beaglebone-black-installing-operating-systems/overview
I am using a Windows 64-bit PC to connect to the BBB and I am using the image titled "BBB-eMMC-flasher-2013.09.04.img.xz" which I downloaded from here: http://beagleboard.org/latest-images/ I have tried multiple times to re-flash my BBB but so far nothing seems to work. I am following the directions which are to 1) put image on sdcard, 2) put sdcard in slot, 3) hold down user boot button, and 4) turn on BBB by plugging in a 5V power brick, 5) release user boot button when all 4 LEDs are on. Every time I do this, I told the user boot button down until all 4 LEDs light up solid and then start flashing, at which point I release the button. I wait 45-60+ minutes (one time I let it go overnight) but at no point do I end up with an indication that the re-flash is complete (i.e. all 4 LEDs lit up solid). During the re-flash process (or what I assume is the re-flash process), the LED's look like this: LED 0 - heartbeat, which indicates system is running LED 1 - Nothing. This corresponds to access of the microSD card LED 2 - Blinking. This corresponds to an active CPU. LED 3 - Nothing. This corresponds to access of on-board memory I have tried plugging in an HDMI cable so that I can view what is happening during the re-flashing process. Upon bootup, the monitor shows a BeagleBone flash screen followed by a login screen. By using a USB-connected keyboard I can log in as "root". It does not ask for my password even though I had created a password for my pre-bricked BBB. Once logged in I can navigate through different directories, manually turn on/off LEDs, etc. Note that the login screen only appears if I have an sdcard in the BBB. Without the sdcard, the BBB will have the power LED on, but will not respond, nor will it connect to PC, nor will any of the other LEDs come on. Also note that it does not appear to matter if I press the user boot button or not... the BBB seems to always boot from the sdcard if it is plugged in. I'm at the point where I am about ready to throw away this BBB and buy another. However, I would prefer to solve this mystery if possible. Any suggestions would be most welcome. If you have any follow-up questions I'd be happy to answer them. thanks! Mike -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
