So, I'm pretty sure there is a way to bypass the EEPROM check, and force
the correct device tree board file. But I am not sure how to go about doing
that. Plus, I'm not sure what else is involved. Maybe Robert can chime in
and tell us whether what I'm thinking is a good idea or not ? As uboot has
to know some things too . . .

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 2:29 PM, Bryan Hood <[email protected]> wrote:

> Serial number is blank. I just see a large white rectangle to the right of
> "S/N" on the bottom silkscreen.
>
> re: circuitco - I purchased it through Adafruit 2 years ago, so I don't
> believe so.
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 1:12 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Is this a circuitco board ?
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Bryan Hood <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Oh wow! I have an answer. I went to go probe U7, the EEPROM, and
>>> discovered that it has fallen off the PCB. All that was left was a single
>>> pin dangling on a pad. I can see where the other chip legs used to be
>>> soldered on.There must have been a defect during the SMT process.
>>>
>>> So my next question is, is there a way to get a programmed EEPROM to fix
>>> my BBB? Can I get an RMA? Or should I just buy a new one?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Bryan Hood <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here is my UART output:
>>>>
>>>> U-Boot SPL 2014.04-00014-g47880f5 (Apr 22 2014 - 13:23:54)
>>>> Could not probe the EEPROM; something fundamentally wrong on the I2C
>>>> bus.
>>>> Could not get board ID.
>>>> Could not probe the EEPROM; something fundamentally wrong on the I2C
>>>> bus.
>>>> Could not get board ID.
>>>> Unknown board, cannot configure pinmux.### ERROR ### Please RESET the
>>>> board ###
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On reset, the same message repeats. I'll probe the I2C bus and see what
>>>> I can find.
>>>>
>>>> Bryan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 10:40 PM, William Hermans <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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!
>>>>>>>>
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