PBP won't boot (no amber or green LED)
04-15-2021, 06:44 AM
[SOLVED]
Confusingly, no idea why or how.
This morning, tried to get emmc to be recognized again.
Tried several times, rebooted again several times w/sd card inserted & emmc switch set to enabled.
emmc still not recognized.
Noticed intermittent power light failure to come on and stay on. There seemed to be no connection between the power light failure to light up and any combination of connecting or disconnecting the AC power adapter. The unit would fail or succeed to power up, seemingly completely randomly.
I did press and hold the 'reset' button as a random thing to just try. Which I had done previously a few times. I also pressed firmly the power on button. The power indicator light would still come on or not turn on seemingly randomly.
After eventually seeing the power light come on and stay on, I rebooted from the sd card.
Guess what. The emmc card was recognized this time. No idea why.
I was able to use the Manjaro Arm Flasher utility to flash the latest Manjaro arm kde plasma image to the emmc.
I took out the sd card and rebooted from the emmc.
Currently running just fine from the emmc.
So I am pleased with the result. But I have no idea what the problem actually was. There were way too many random issues that seem to defy a logical explanation. Hopefully it keeps running properly.
Thank you to everyone who offered suggestions. I would probably have just given up in frustration without your input. Thanks!
Confusingly, no idea why or how.
This morning, tried to get emmc to be recognized again.
Tried several times, rebooted again several times w/sd card inserted & emmc switch set to enabled.
emmc still not recognized.
Noticed intermittent power light failure to come on and stay on. There seemed to be no connection between the power light failure to light up and any combination of connecting or disconnecting the AC power adapter. The unit would fail or succeed to power up, seemingly completely randomly.
I did press and hold the 'reset' button as a random thing to just try. Which I had done previously a few times. I also pressed firmly the power on button. The power indicator light would still come on or not turn on seemingly randomly.
After eventually seeing the power light come on and stay on, I rebooted from the sd card.
Guess what. The emmc card was recognized this time. No idea why.
I was able to use the Manjaro Arm Flasher utility to flash the latest Manjaro arm kde plasma image to the emmc.
I took out the sd card and rebooted from the emmc.
Currently running just fine from the emmc.
So I am pleased with the result. But I have no idea what the problem actually was. There were way too many random issues that seem to defy a logical explanation. Hopefully it keeps running properly.
Thank you to everyone who offered suggestions. I would probably have just given up in frustration without your input. Thanks!