Black Screen After Initial Logo Boot - Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson Systems Jetson Orin Nano
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I have been trying to set up my Jetson Orin Nano Dev Kit for a few hours and I keep running into the same issue,
after the logo loads up I get a few messages (*different each time) (see attachment) and then the screen goes black, I tried waiting for half an hour but nothing has happened.

Related question:

  • When I navigate to the Bios/UEFI of the Orin Nano for some reason it says at the top left “NVIDIA Orin NX
    Developer Kit”. Why is that?

Setup:

  • Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit
  • 500Gb NVMe drive installed on the Jetson
  • MicroSD card (32gb & 64gb) formatted using SD Card Formatter and flashed using Balena Etcher and Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit JetPack
    (JetPack SDK | NVIDIA Developer)
  • Windows 10 64bit main PC

What I have tried:

  • Switching between different microSD cards to rule out faulty card
  • Using a different monitor with a different cable
  • Booting up without peripherals
  • Booting up without an internet connection
  • In Device Manager->Nvidia Configuration->L4T Configuration I set “OS chain A status” to
  • Made sure I am booting from the SD card and not the NVMe drive

I wondered if I could recieve some help resolving the black screen issue and maybe get some info about it.
In the image I attached there are some text messages which I guess give a status update on the boot process, but I am not sure, What do they mean? Are they related to the black screen?

I’d really appreciate any help on the matter.
Thank you in advance! :D

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Hi ilaymelamed1,

Orin Nano and Orin NX have similar design and series.
Please share the result of the following command on your board.

$ cat /etc/nv_boot_control.conf

Could you also provide the full serial console log for further check?
You can refer to the following instruction for details.
Jetson Nano & NX Style - Serial Debug Console - JetsonHacks

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Hi Kevin!
Thank you for your reply.

I’ll relate to your request.

  1. For that I will need to SSH to the board so I’ll give it a go and post the result later.
  2. I don’t have a TTL to USB cable and it will take some time for me to get a hold of one, is there something else I could do in the meantime to provide some other viable info?
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You can connect USB-C cable with your host and check if there’s any log output at /dev/ttyACM0 on your host.

You can also get a standalone Ubuntu host PC and use SDK manager to flash the latest JP5.1.4(R35.6.0) or JP6.1(R36.4.0) to verify.

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I resorted to the only SOLUTION that works I believe. Same as you proposed.

For anyone who stomps upon the same issue,
what worked for me:

Using a standalone Ubuntu PC and used the NVIDIA’s SDK Manager.
Shorting the FC REC and GND pins and connecting the Jetson to the Ubuntu device.