Make sure your serial adapter is 3v3 ttl. On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 11:16 PM, Bryan Hood <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi William, > > I tried flashing the eMMC as you suggested, but no luck. The LEDs never > turned on, so I just waited a very long time. I'll work on getting the > serial output next. > > Thanks, > > Bryan > > On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 7:44 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Using a serial debug cable will give you a better idea of what's going >> on. It will not always let you know exactly what the problem is, but based >> on what you get as output, someone here could give you a better idea >> what's happening. >> >> Passed that . . . try flashing this to sdcard, and booting from it. >> >> http://debian.beagleboard.org/images/bone-debian-7.5-2014-05-14-2gb.img.xz >> >> This is an older image, and I have a good reason as to why you should >> attempt booting from this. Older eMMC images can interfere with newer >> sdcard images at boot. This should give you( us ) a better idea what is >> going on. Typically though, with an older 1st, and 2nd stage boot loader, >> if you press and hold the boot button at boot. the board should be forced >> to boot from, and use the 1st, and 2nd stage bootloader from the sd card, >> instead of attempting to use the boot loaders from the eMC . . . >> >> On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 7:45 PM, Bryan Hood <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I've got a beagle bone black that used to have debian on it, but it's >>> been sitting on my desk unpowered for over a year. I recently tried booting >>> it, but the user LEDs won't turn on; only the power LED will light up. I >>> tried programming the on board flash, and booting from a microSD card, but >>> no luck. Any suggestions? I've got tools at work to probe the debug header, >>> but I'm hoping it doesn't come to that. Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/beagleboard/jUhsE9jPSUo/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
