Hello Im facing the same problem did you happen to know the answer ??
Thanks On Monday, November 25, 2013 1:29:56 AM UTC-5, Anantha Krishnan wrote: > Hello Gerald, > > I followed the procedure given here - > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Updating_The_Software > > *"10) Hold switch S2 (Boot Switch, see picture below) down by pressing on > it and holding it while plugging in the power cable."* > > 1. Whenever I powered on the board(with SD card) by holding Boot switch, > nothing happened, only the power LED will be ON all other USER LEDs will be > OFF, I tried holding boot switch for several minutes. > > 2. Also, without holding the boot switch, if I insert SD card BBB will > start flashing emmc and after about 45 minutes all four User LEDs will lit > continuously. > > I did point 2 several times, every time after 45 minutes the four LEDs > will lit solidly but if it press POWER button turn off BBB, remove SD card > and again power on BBB, it will not boot. > > Instead four User LEDs will simply blink at a continuous pattern. I mean > four LEDs will blink at once every second, in BBB irc someone said that > after flashing it can take up to 30 minutes to boot, but I kept connected > the board yesterday night completely for more than 8 hours still no luck. > > Is this hardware problem or software problem? > > Also, When I used > https://s3.amazonaws.com/angstrom/demo/beaglebone/Angstrom-Cloud9-IDE-GNOME-eglibc-ipk-v2012.12-beaglebone-2013.08.21.img.xz > > image it booted properly from SD card, AGAIN I DID NOT PRESS BOOT BUTTON. > > I am worried about two things, > 1. Why pressing BOOT button is not working as expected, in all docs this > point is mentioned. Why it flashes or boots from sd card only without > pressing boot button. > 2. Why I am not able to flash emmc with default Angstrom linux. > > Thanks, > Anantha Krishnan > > On Sunday, November 24, 2013 9:07:01 AM UTC+5:30, Anantha Krishnan wrote: >> >> Thanks Gerald, I will try flashing the eMMC device. >> >> Thanks, >> Anantha Krishnan >> >> On Sunday, November 24, 2013 6:49:10 AM UTC+5:30, Gerald wrote: >>> >>> Sounds like you unplugged the board without turning it off frist. Result >>> could be a corrupted eMMC device. >>> >>> http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Updating_The_Software >>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Felinux.org%2FBeagleboard%3AUpdating_The_Software&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNF4eJoC6vrx867iWx5rZpmB7Ejpiw> >>> >>> Gerald >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Anantha Krishnan < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Today I bought new BBB, initially when I tried connecting it to my >>>> laptop using the provided USB cable everything went fine, I was able to >>>> login into it and access Angstrom. >>>> >>>> Suddenly after sometime I couldn't connect my BBB successfully. >>>> >>>> Whenever I connect it via USB the power light is on whereas user LEDs >>>> are off. >>>> >>>> Even windows 7 is not recognizing as mass storage device, instead it >>>> shows "AM335x USB" under 'Other devices' category in Device Manager. >>>> >>>> In between I remember of trying to connect from ubuntu virtual machine >>>> from windows 7 host. Could this have cause any problem to the board? >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Anantha Krishnan >>>> >>>> -- >>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fbeagleboard.org%2Fdiscuss&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEpMSpbklk_hXqEMMJhBr1sf-iMfQ> >>>> --- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- 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/d/optout.
