Jetson Orin Nano fails to boot

Hello,

I have a Jetson Orin Nano that is not booting anymore. Previously we have successfully flashed an SD card with JetPack 5.1.3 and it worked fine. However, it no longer boots properly. We have tried reflashing the same SD card, other SD cards, using the SDK manager and full slashing the device, checked all the cords to ensure proper connection and power is being provided to the Jetson and still nothing.

Connected via serial output and received this error during the boot process:

Task: Partition Manager Init (0x50001f20)
Active chain: 1
W> Cannot find any partition table for 00030000

PARTITION_MANAGER: Failed to publish partition.
Task: Load and authenticate registered FWs (0x5001f064)
Partition name: B_spe-fw
E> Cannot find partition B_spe-fw
E> Partition B_spe-fw not found
E> MB2_FW_LOAD: Failed to load FW.
C> Task 0x0 failed (err: 0x224d090d)

showing missing partitions and firmware loading errors, which we have tried on our end to locate and resolve but to no avail. This is leading us to suspect that there is an issue with the hardware, the eMMC storage, maybe the SD card slot. Also to note, the Jetson stayed in stationary position throughout our possession of the device, and there is no physical damage or impact caused by any user.

Any help would be appreciated as NVIDIA support keeps on directing me here.

Hello @william.mccormick

Are you trying to upgrade to JetPack 6.x? If so, please take a look to 🚀 Initial Setup Guide - Jetson Orin Nano - NVIDIA Jetson AI Lab

Perhaps you have to update the firmware.

I hope this helps! Please let us know your result.

Regards!
Eduardo Salazar
Embedded SW Engineer at RidgeRun

Contact us: support@ridgerun.com
Developers wiki: https://developer.ridgerun.com/
Website: www.ridgerun.com

No not trying to upgrade. Just want to be able to use Jetpack 5.1.3 again which was working flawlessly until all of the sudden it stopped booting. No changes have been made to the firmware, we are simply trying to regain the ability to use the Jetson with the Jetpack that was working.

Hi,

Could you use sdk manager to reflash your device with JP 5.1.4 to check weather the issue exist?

Thanks