MAXN power is not available

hi, we have flash jetson orin nano super developer kit into 32GB micro sd card. After doing that we have flashed that microsd card into jetson nano orin, did all the initial setup and after login we executed the command given in nvidia forum and then rebooted the jetson, but at the end we are not able to see MAXN mode.

Can you please explain in detail ?. Thanks

There is no Jetson Nano Super. Period.
There is a Jetson ORIN Nano Super, however.

Please be precise in what you say.

Sorry, we have used jetson orin nano developer kit only and also tried with 128GB micro SD card. But the issue persists. Thanks

Did you follow the full process to install JetPack 6.1? Follow all of this carefully 🚀 Initial Setup Guide - NVIDIA Jetson AI Lab

If you have followed this guide 🚀 Initial Setup Guide - NVIDIA Jetson AI Lab and still no show MAXN mode then you may need to run command sudo rm -rf /etc/nvpmodel.conf and then reboot.

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64gb min.
Here is the link to the image I have used and know for fact has the max power mode.
https://developer.download.nvidia.com/embedded/L4T/r36_Release_v4.0/jp61-rev1-orin-nano-sd-card-image.zip

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We have used 128GB micro ssd. But doesnt work.

OKay, We have initially jetson orin nano, and the firmware is 36.3.0 and we have followed the process carefully, starting of with the image and then flashing that image into 128GB micro sd and then bootup, after bootup we also follow the initial process and setup the jetson and then executed the removal of nvpmodel.config command and rebooted again. But we are not able to see MAXN mode for running in boost performance mode. Thanks

Yes, we followed it carefully. We really want to use this boost performance mode . Thanks

I think firmware 36.4.x (mine is 36.4.2) is required for MAXN mode. You can also run lscpu and check if CPU max MHz is over 1700.

Same problem here. Tried install via:

  1. sdkmanager - had to manually run flash.sh to flash the drive.
  2. sd card install - this worked but could not get the MAXN to show up… Got the image from the website per instructions
  3. nvme boot install - same issue. no MAXN showing up even if I run the sudo rm -rf /etc/nvpmodel.conf

Okay, i tried to upgrade the firmware, but the jetson was not booting correctly. And one thing i noticed is that when we boot up with the new microsd image, we should see update progress which updates the firmware and allows us to use MAXN mode but let me show you what error pops up when final boot up process. Can you guys help me to solve this issue??

It’s odd that throughout the entire process, I never encountered the 36.3.0 firmware upgrade. I did see three different upgrades:

  1. From 30.x to 35.x after loading JP5
  2. From 35.x to 36.x (I don’t recall the exact minor version, but it definitely wasn’t 36.3.0. I’m certain the date was April 2024, not May.)
  3. From 36.x to 36.4.2

All of these upgrades occurred automatically via the firmware update notification after booting the OS, so I never performed a manual firmware update.

I recommend re-burning your SD card images—perhaps start by burning JP6.0, boot it, then burn JP6.1, boot again, and see if the firmware upgrade is triggered. The 36.4.2 firmware should display a date of December 2024.

Let me try that sir.

We have ssd of nvme and in that we are doing all the things. Can you provide me the link what actually we have to do for re-burning those sd card images. Because prior to these we were not using any sd card. Can you show me how to perform those activities, any links or any videos.?

You can follow JetPack SDK | NVIDIA Developer to download sd image. For JP6.1 please make sure to download rev1.

To burn sd image please follow Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit Getting Started Guide | NVIDIA Developer where you can find how to write image to the microsd card here Jetson Orin Nano Developer Kit Getting Started Guide | NVIDIA Developer.

This guide 🚀 Initial Setup Guide - Jetson Orin Nano - NVIDIA Jetson AI Lab is highly recommended to follow too. It has critical information about firmware upgrade. It also has a link to download JP5.1.3 just in case you need it.

Hi @smit.sruhad

I have updated the Initial Setup Guide, and added the last Step 7️⃣, which talks about the one final reboot and one caveat (needing to delete /etc/nvpmodel.conf).

I also added the full walk-through video demonstrating all the process from opening the box to setting it to MAXN mode. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-U_zGUwAPQ

Could you give this guide another try?

Sure, I will go through this process and give you an update. Thanks.

Let me try it. Thanks.

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