04-27-2023, 05:23 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-27-2023, 07:41 PM by RocknKiosks.)
I came in to do a post on similar behavior, but I might as well attach it to this.
This has now happened with two different boards, and 2 5a PSUs, with two 8g EMMCs purchased from Pine. And two factory heatsinks with pads.
It has happened with both Armbian server and desktop, and DietPi, which is the same kernel as Armbian.
The behavior is that everything installs and runs fine. I put Emby or Jellyfin on them, they scan the libraries. Everything is fine.
Then they randomly shut off, or actually I have no idea what happens. The screen goes black. The white LED stops flashing. The SSH session dies. Green light stays on.
Then they will sometimes, seemingly randomly, reboot successfully. Everything is fine. No errors in the boot text.
Then the same thing. Screen is on, but black. No white flashing LED. Reboot does the same.
Oh and the first board, which is totally dark now, did the same thing with a brand new SD card. Set it all up, rebooted. No white LED and black screen.
It's screwy.
NOTE: I HAVE TO PUT THIS ON HOLD AS DEFINITIVE OF THE PROBLEM.
It could be that it was a coincidence that the EMMC and SD card both failed in the same way. I don't know. I reburned the second EMMC, and it did seem to shut off on me once, but since I plugged it back in, and make sure the socket was all the way deep in, it seems like it is not failing after several reboots. Could it possibly be that I just was not seating the plug in deep enough? I don't know. But I did take the working EMMC off of the working board and put it on the board that was dead dead, and it booted again just fine, and now has continued to reboot. So I just burned an EMMC that I had from Hardkernel, which are the same, and it booted the other board fine.
I have yet to see if it quits again. But unless someone has seen this specific thing, I would just put it on hold for now as to ideas on how to tackle it. Thanks.
This has now happened with two different boards, and 2 5a PSUs, with two 8g EMMCs purchased from Pine. And two factory heatsinks with pads.
It has happened with both Armbian server and desktop, and DietPi, which is the same kernel as Armbian.
The behavior is that everything installs and runs fine. I put Emby or Jellyfin on them, they scan the libraries. Everything is fine.
Then they randomly shut off, or actually I have no idea what happens. The screen goes black. The white LED stops flashing. The SSH session dies. Green light stays on.
Then they will sometimes, seemingly randomly, reboot successfully. Everything is fine. No errors in the boot text.
Then the same thing. Screen is on, but black. No white flashing LED. Reboot does the same.
Oh and the first board, which is totally dark now, did the same thing with a brand new SD card. Set it all up, rebooted. No white LED and black screen.
It's screwy.
NOTE: I HAVE TO PUT THIS ON HOLD AS DEFINITIVE OF THE PROBLEM.
It could be that it was a coincidence that the EMMC and SD card both failed in the same way. I don't know. I reburned the second EMMC, and it did seem to shut off on me once, but since I plugged it back in, and make sure the socket was all the way deep in, it seems like it is not failing after several reboots. Could it possibly be that I just was not seating the plug in deep enough? I don't know. But I did take the working EMMC off of the working board and put it on the board that was dead dead, and it booted again just fine, and now has continued to reboot. So I just burned an EMMC that I had from Hardkernel, which are the same, and it booted the other board fine.
I have yet to see if it quits again. But unless someone has seen this specific thing, I would just put it on hold for now as to ideas on how to tackle it. Thanks.
