Jetson AGX Orin 64GB – Not Powering or Flashing After Switching Power Source

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson Systems Jetson AGX Orin
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Hi everyone,

I’m using a Jetson AGX Orin 64 GB Developer Kit. The device was working perfectly until a recent power source change. Here’s the sequence of events:

  • Initially, we powered the unit via the DC jack at 19.09 V using an external regulated power supply.

  • The system operated normally — booted fine, ran GPU/CPU benchmarks under full load without issues.

  • The next day, we removed the DC jack connection to move the setup out of the electrical panel.

  • We tried to power it with Original NVIDIA-provided USB-C power supply. After that, the device no longer boots and cannot be flashed through SDK Manager.

Current Behavior

  • The device does not enter Force Recovery Mode.

  • White LED blinks once when power supply connected and then turns off. Flashing Type-c Port makes the LED blinks fast.

  • We tried all button combinations mentioned on the forums.

  • Verified via micro-USB connection — it shows up in lsusb, but not as a device in recovery mode.

  • The Type-C port (used for power and host connection) is not detected in lsusb.

  • SDK Manager does not recognize any hardware across different hosts (tested on Ubuntu 24.04 native, VM, WSL, and Windows 11).

  • The DC jack no longer powers the device (no LED activity).

Notes

  • We’re confident the correct USB-C port was used for both power input and flashing connection.

  • The issue started right after switching from DC-jack power to the supplied USB-C PSU.

    Has anyone experienced similar behavior — where switching between DC jack and USB-C resulted in both inputs becoming non-functional?
    Any insight on verifying or resetting the power path circuitry would be appreciated.

    Thanks in advance.

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Hi

Please capture and share the serial console logs for both the boot and SDK Manager flashing attempts so we can review them.

Thanks