Jetson Xavier NX failed on its first boot with microSD card

Autonomous Machines Jetson & Embedded Systems Jetson Xavier NX
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Hello,

As I mentioned in the title, Jetson Xavier NX failed to boot with microSD card at its first boot (green power indicator is on). I thought it might be a problem with OS image on the microSD card, so I have flashed the microSD card to boot the Jetson again. Unfortunately, it showed the same results and nothing appeared on the attached screen. I could hear a really tiny click sound repeated about every 5 secs after starting to boot.

Updated: with no luck by using a different microSD card :(

Please help.

Thank you.

-M

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Are you using the NX DevKit or another carrier?
Can you connect to the serial console and do you get any messages?

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I am using the NX DevKit and I haven’t connected it to a serial console yet.

Any advice for connecting to the serial console? Thank you.

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The easiest way is to use a USB to serial converter and connect it to the TXD and RXD pins on the DevKit’s button header. Then use the serial terminal program of your choice on your desktop.

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Thank you gtj for your suggestions.

The problem is solved now. I accidentally burned the Jetson Nano OS image to the microSD twice. I have a JetBot to play around and forgot to double check the name of the JetPack image carefully. Lesson learned LOL.

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HA! That’s OK. We all have those days. :)