This is the best way I found to be sure that your card is completely clean before reflashing: Run in command line as administrator- 1. Diskpart 2. List Disk 3. Select Disk 1 (Replace 1 with number reflecting your SD Card) 4. clean 5. create partition primary 6. active 7. format fs=fat32 quick 8. assign
I use dd command in linux to make cards but if I do not run these commands on my windows box my cards never seem to work. On Friday, December 13, 2013 7:50:02 PM UTC-6, mikey...@gmail.com wrote: > > Thank you for your reply. To answer your questions: > - Yes, I am unzipping the image that was loaded prior to putting it on > sdcard > - Nothing else is plugged in. Only SDcard and 5V brick are plugged in > - The brick is rated at 5V, 2Amps > - I have formatted the SDcard but not consistently. I will try again. > > Note: The SDcard I am using is a SanDisk 8 GB class 4 card. It has been > used successfully to re-flash (un-brick) a different BBB, although I am > using a different image. > > > > On Friday, December 13, 2013 4:54:06 PM UTC-8, Gerald wrote: >> >> Are you unzipping the image that you download? >> Make sure nothing else is plugged in, no HDMI and no Ethernet. >> Make sure 5V power supply can deliver at least 1A. >> Reformat the uSD card before you use Windisk to copy the image onto the >> 4GB card. >> >> >> Gerald >> >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 6:47 PM, <mikey...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I have a Beagle Bone Black (BBB) that I somehow managed to brick and I >>> have been following the instructions on these two sites to try and re-flash >>> the image: >>> http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:Updating_The_Software >>> >>> http://learn.adafruit.com/beaglebone-black-installing-operating-systems/overview >>> >>> I am using a Windows 64-bit PC to connect to the BBB and I am using the >>> image titled "BBB-eMMC-flasher-2013.09.04.img.xz" which I downloaded from >>> here: http://beagleboard.org/latest-images/ >>> >>> I have tried multiple times to re-flash my BBB but so far nothing seems >>> to work. I am following the directions which are to 1) put image on sdcard, >>> 2) put sdcard in slot, 3) hold down user boot button, and 4) turn on BBB by >>> plugging in a 5V power brick, 5) release user boot button when all 4 LEDs >>> are on. Every time I do this, I told the user boot button down until all 4 >>> LEDs light up solid and then start flashing, at which point I release the >>> button. I wait 45-60+ minutes (one time I let it go overnight) but at no >>> point do I end up with an indication that the re-flash is complete (i.e. >>> all 4 LEDs lit up solid). During the re-flash process (or what I assume is >>> the re-flash process), the LED's look like this: >>> LED 0 - heartbeat, which indicates system is running >>> LED 1 - Nothing. This corresponds to access of the microSD card >>> LED 2 - Blinking. This corresponds to an active CPU. >>> LED 3 - Nothing. This corresponds to access of on-board memory >>> >>> I have tried plugging in an HDMI cable so that I can view what is >>> happening during the re-flashing process. Upon bootup, the monitor shows a >>> BeagleBone flash screen followed by a login screen. By using a >>> USB-connected keyboard I can log in as "root". It does not ask for my >>> password even though I had created a password for my pre-bricked BBB. Once >>> logged in I can navigate through different directories, manually turn >>> on/off LEDs, etc. Note that the login screen only appears if I have an >>> sdcard in the BBB. Without the sdcard, the BBB will have the power LED on, >>> but will not respond, nor will it connect to PC, nor will any of the other >>> LEDs come on. Also note that it does not appear to matter if I press the >>> user boot button or not... the BBB seems to always boot from the sdcard if >>> it is plugged in. >>> >>> I'm at the point where I am about ready to throw away this BBB and buy >>> another. However, I would prefer to solve this mystery if possible. Any >>> suggestions would be most welcome. If you have any follow-up questions I'd >>> be happy to answer them. >>> >>> thanks! >>> Mike >>> >>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to beagleboard...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> >> -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
