DRIVE AGX Orin does not boot, no display, no SSH, AURIX accessible, fan2 = 0, power/safety errors

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Hello, I am having an issue with an NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Orin.

The system does not boot normally. I do not get display output and SSH is not reachable. However, I can access NvShell / AURIX through the debug port using PuTTY.

From NvShell, the AURIX version shown is:
DRIVE-V6.0.6-P3710-AFW-Aurix-StepB-5.07.06

What I observed:

  • AURIX/NvShell is accessible

  • I do not see normal Tegra UEFI/Linux boot logs

  • no display output

  • SSH is not reachable

What I tried:

  • power cycle

  • minimum setup with only required peripherals

  • display/monitor checks

  • SSH test

  • serial debug connection through PuTTY

  • tegrareset x1

  • tegrarecovery x1 on followed by tegrareset x1

Results:

  • tegrareset x1 did not bring the system to normal boot

  • recovery commands were accepted, but I could not confirm that Tegra actually entered recovery mode on the host side

  • I did not observe an additional USB device clearly indicating Tegra recovery

  • after the recovery attempt, the same error pattern continued

Main log messages/errors:

  • SAFE_3V3 OutOfRange

  • VRS11 PGOOD Failure

  • OrinVMON

  • E2E Frame Error

  • No valid next bootchain loaded

  • Fan 2 RPM : 0

  • maxrpm of fan2 has more than 50 percent deviation against rated maxrpm

  • moving to error state

show_fanrpm output:

  • Fan 1 RPM : 5000

  • Fan 2 RPM : 0

At this point, this looks more like a power / safety / fan / board-level issue than a display-only issue.

My questions:

  1. Does this error pattern point to a known hardware issue?

  2. Is there anything else safe to check from NvShell/AURIX?

  3. Could the inability to clearly enter recovery indicate a deeper board-level problem?

  4. Can Fan 2 RPM : 0 prevent Tegra from booting normally on DRIVE AGX Orin?

  5. Would you recommend checking fan/header/power-related hardware first?

I can share the full serial log if needed.

Best regards,

Deniz

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