Jetson Orin Nano Boot Error - UEFI Interactive shell and SD Card not detected

Robotics & Edge Computing Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson Orin Nano
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Hello!
Yesterday, for the fourth time in over 3 months, my device did not detect the SD card at startup. It takes me to the UEFI shell, but even when trying “BOOT FROM FILE” following these steps (Jetson Orin Nano Boot Error - Encountering UEFI Interactive shell instead - #4 by saddam.fadhli) by @DaveYYY, the Orin detects only two partitions that I believe belong to the QSPI/NOR memory.

After some trial and error, I found that if I connect any USB drive to the Jetson, it reloads something and eventually I can read and boot the system from the SD card. Another thing I’ve noticed is that every time this happens, the boot order also resets, and I have to set the SD card as the priority again.

I wanted to share this bug because it’s a big problem for me, as these devices are installed far from me and need to be stable and operational 24/7.

I don’t think it can be a Jetson image error, and re-flashing the Jetson is not a solution for me since it works (almost) every day well. Can somebody help me understand what is happening?

The device is a Orin Nano Developer Kit with firmware 5.0-36094991 and in the SD card i’m using jetpack 6.0

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There is no update from you for a period, assuming this is not an issue anymore.
Hence, we are closing this topic. If need further support, please open a new one.
Thanks

Hi gianmarcogeek,

Could you share the reproduce steps for us to verify?

It seems the expected behavior since USB maybe recognized as new boot device, which will be added to the 1st priority boot order.
You can configure it in UEFI menu to change its behavior with adding new added device to the bottom.

Could you verify with the latest JP6.1(r36.4.0) and share the full serial console log?