what do I do worng?

[urison]

I pledge my pine-A64 via the Kickstarter project
and got it almost a year ago.
it was the 2GB version
to be honest? i was really excited.
it came with the original power supply, the Bluetooth\ WiFi module, Air mouse keyboard and a HDMI to DVI adapter

BUT....

I build a 32 GB microSD (SanDisk class 10) card with one of the OS
connect everything to a computer screen (Xerox)
connect the Pine A64 to the power supply the red led switch on but nothing happened.
I install a new OS but still nothing..

I put everything aside and forgot from it.

few days ago I lookd for a Android OS system and try it again
this time with a smaller computer screen ASUS one
a HDMI to DVI new cable a new 32 microSD card (Kingston class 10)

and used the "PINE64 Installer" to build the mirror
I try few OS
Android 6, 7 , Remix

but It still does not work


so,
what do I do wrong??

is it possible that the board is damage?

thank you Uriel

[MarkHaysHarris777]

Our two most common types of failure are either power supply or SD card related.

Crappy SD cards (fake or substandard) or bad image burns account for about 60% of Pine board failures;  the rest can usually be accounted for due to crappy or under-volt power supplies.

We recommend Samsung Evo Plus Class 10 32G cards.  Use a power supply of 5v @ 2500ma  2.5A and if possible power the board via the euler bus pin(4  +5v)  and pin(6  ground).  ( the micro usb connector is substandard and will not provide stable voltage|current particularly during boot.

Get yourself a serial to usb ttl bridge adapter cable.  This will allow you to monitor the serial console during bootup which will help you diagnose what is happening;  usually the Pine board is in fact booting, but the hdmi is not working for some reason ; usually due to monitor specs, etc.

Also, notice whether the LED(s) are blinking on the eth jack;  do you see it attach on your router ?  You can ssh to it if so!

Visit us at the irc address listed below;  we'll be happy to help you live get your board going...

[urison]

Our two most common types of failure are either power supply or SD card related.

Crappy SD cards (fake or substandard) or bad image burns account for about 60% of Pine board failures;  the rest can usually be accounted for due to crappy or under-volt power supplies.

We recommend Samsung Evo Plus Class 10 32G cards.  Use a power supply of 5v @ 2500ma  2.5A and if possible power the board via the euler bus pin(4  +5v)  and pin(6  ground).  ( the micro usb connector is substandard and will not provide stable voltage|current particularly during boot.

Get yourself a serial to usb ttl bridge adapter cable.  This will allow you to monitor the serial console during bootup which will help you diagnose what is happening;  usually the Pine board is in fact booting, but the hdmi is not working for some reason ; usually due to monitor specs, etc.

Also, notice whether the LED(s) are blinking on the eth jack;  do you see it attach on your router ?  You can ssh to it if so!

Visit us at the irc address listed below;  we'll be happy to help you live get your board going...

First 
thank you for your fast response 

I shell look for a Samasung Evo Plus card 
(I'm using  new  Kingston 32 SD HC class 10 card... 
or 
a new SanDisk ULTRA 32 HD class 10 cards...)

I'm using the original power supply.. 
how can I connect the power supply to the euler bus?

I connect a normal lan cable to the eth jack and to a router 
the LEDs are blinking and I "map" my network and yes the pine 64 got a IP address
and I can ping to it
but I couldn't connect to him using Putty   - But that was a great Idea!!

so
the board work good
the power supply is OK
the MicroSD is OK too

so I need to solve the screen problem (I ordered a 7'' screen from pine-A64 few days ago)

Uriel

[MarkHaysHarris777]

For the moment, I would forego connecting the power to the euler buss, since its working and power does not appear to be an issue;  but, the way is you cut the cable and put female jumpers on the wire ends (requires crimping and solder) and then you plug the +5v line on pin(4) or pin(2),  and plug the ground line (neg) to pin(6).

Your next step is going to find a monitor that supports 720p60 hdmi or 1080p60 hdmi  ;  

or, your next step is to connect a serial ttl to usb bridge cable to the pine board and plug the usb end into your pc, or mac;  you can watch the bootup log there, and when its up you'll be able to logon there too !  From there you may be able to fix some hdmi or networking parms.

Good to know the board works !

[reeno]

I've got Android 5.1.1 working perfectly and decided to try both the Android 6 and 7.1 releases from official sites.  I get them to boot up fine and edited the appropriate file to make sure its displaying on hdmi fine.  However, both 6 and 7.1 have no sound output. 

Was there a specific config edit I needed to make to fix this, and could someone point me in the right direction?