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No, no luck at all. Have tried every possible combination (starting from the one in the manual) that I could think of both in Linux and Windows with the same result: a fixed red light and no communication whatsoever. I'll go to the OrangePi forums, and ask there but I'm not holding my breath in bringing the board back to life (which would greatly annoy me).

Hmmm, no luck so far entering Maskrom mode. The OS I'm using is a Debian system though, I believe I might able to try from a Windows machine and hope for the better. About UART output, I'm confused, I need to read the manual with more attention, I'm not sure how to check its output given that I can't see any way of communicating with the board.

Thanks for the support. I'll try to enter maskrom mode again, will check the UART output and report back. Thanks.

Hi, Thought I would piggiback on this thread as it might be useful for people with the same problem I'm facing. On the process of trying to install the OS to an NVME drive, I'm afraid I have bricked the Orange Pi 5. Doesn't boot from SD nor NVME and what's worse, I can't seem to be able to boot it and access it with the rkdeveloptool (I'm holding the maskmode button, the plugging in the AC adapter, release the button and then pluggin in the USB-C to USB cable to the computer.... but can't see the device (I've tried a number of combinations of this process with no success) nor using lsusb or rkdeveloptool ld). I'm getting increasingly frustrated facing that I very well might have bricked a perfectly fine board (and I had plans for it). Any recommendation, advice or guidance would be much appreciated.