Help Setting Up New Jetson Orin Nano

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson Systems Jetson Orin Nano
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Hey there! I recently bought a new Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano 8gb dev kit. I followed the quick start guide to get a bootable flash drive, update the bios to 39.x (from 36.x), then install everything onto my 256gb nvme on the board. When the device boots I am able to install the jetpack from the command line and everything looks good but I am not able to access the super mode. Is there a reason for this or something I did wrong? I want to be able to use super mode for max power. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Hi @dtharoff,

Based on the USB installer and the firmware update from 36.x to 39.x, this appears to be the JetPack 7.2 / Jetson Linux r39.2 installation path.

  1. Confirm the exact Jetson Linux release

    Please run:

    head -n 1 /etc/nv_tegra_release

  2. Reflash through SDK Manager if it reports R39.2

    The Jetson Linux r39.2 release notes document a known limitation for this ISO upgrade path: the existing power profile is retained, so MAXN SUPER may not be available. Installing nvidia-jetpack with APT adds the JetPack SDK components, but it does not change the BSP power profile.

    Recommendation: Back up the NVMe data, then use an Ubuntu 20.04 or 22.04 x86_64 host with NVIDIA SDK Manager to reflash the Jetson Orin Nano 8GB Developer Kit to the NVMe target instead of using the Jetson ISO path. This erases the selected target storage.

    Before starting the flash, place the developer kit in Force Recovery Mode and use lsusb on the host to confirm that an NVIDIA USB device is detected. Then follow the BSP Setup and SDK Manager instructions.

After a successful SDK Manager flash, MAXN SUPER should be available from the power-mode menu.

Hope this helps!

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This helped a lot! I didn’t have anything important on the jetson so I wiped the drive and used another computer to flash and install following the BSP Setup guide and that worked!