giacomo892 Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 My orange PI PC was working flawlessy but now it wont boot and via serial I can get this: U-Boot SPL 2016.09-armbian (Oct 23 2016 - 17:08:22)DRAM: 0 MiB### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ### Then it stops there. What can I do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hojnikb Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 maybe the dram chips are dead.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkaiser Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Could also be related to u-boot version and a very rarely occuring error (compare with result of a google search for '### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ###' site:forum.armbian.com). In this case downgrading u-boot might help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giacomo892 Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 Could also be related to u-boot version and a very rarely occuring error (compare with result of a google search for '### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ###' site:forum.armbian.com). In this case downgrading u-boot might help. Do you mean trying an old armbian version? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkaiser Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Do you mean trying an old armbian version? Either this or using an u-boot package suitable for your board prior to version 5.20: http://apt.armbian.com/pool/main/l/linux-u-boot-orangepipc-default/ But since your installation doesn't boot any more you would need to extract the .deb contents manually on another Linux or OS X host and then do a dd if=/dev/zero of=$DEVICE bs=1k count=1023 seek=1 status=noxfer dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=$DEVICE bs=1024 seek=8 status=noxfer $DEVICE has then be the device node of the whole SD card (/dev/sdN in Linux or /dev/rdiskN in OS X -- triple check to get the correct device! 'cat /proc/partitions' or 'diskutil list' are the tools of choice) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giacomo892 Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 Either this or using an u-boot package suitable for your board prior to version 5.20: http://apt.armbian.com/pool/main/l/linux-u-boot-orangepipc-default/ But since your installation doesn't boot any more you would need to extract the .deb contents manually on another Linux or OS X host and then do a dd if=/dev/zero of=$DEVICE bs=1k count=1023 seek=1 status=noxfer dd if=u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin of=$DEVICE bs=1024 seek=8 status=noxfer $DEVICE has then be the device node of the whole SD card (/dev/sdN in Linux or /dev/rdiskN in OS X -- triple check to get the correct device! 'cat /proc/partitions' or 'diskutil list' are the tools of choice) Thanks for your precise reply. U-Boot SPL 2016.09-armbian (Oct 23 2016 - 17:08:22) DRAM: 0 MiB ### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ### U-Boot SPL 2016.05-armbian (Jun 30 2016 - 22:54:34) DRAM: 0 MiB ### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ### U-Boot SPL 2016.05-armbian (Jul 05 2016 - 17:48:28) DRAM: 0 MiB ### ERROR ### Please RESET the board ### Tried three different u-boots without any clue How can be possibile that both ram modules aren't seen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zador.blood.stained Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 @giacomo892 Please try another SD card or please try loading u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin via FEL mode as noted here: https://linux-sunxi.org/FEL/USBBoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giacomo892 Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 @giacomo892 Please try another SD card or please try loading u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin via FEL mode as noted here: https://linux-sunxi.org/FEL/USBBoot I've tried another SD card and still same issue Inviato dal mio SM-N9005 utilizzando Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hojnikb Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 this is most definitely a hardware issue, otherwise it wouldn't stop working all of a sudden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giacomo892 Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 this is most definitely a hardware issue, otherwise it wouldn't stop working all of a sudden.OK. But all two ram modules fried at the same time ? Inviato dal mio SM-N9005 utilizzando Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkaiser Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 OK. But all two ram modules fried at the same time ? Maybe SPL gives up as soon as first module shows a problem? I don't think it will help but one of the u-boot guys provided here a small image that dumps DRAM stuff: http://forum.armbian.com/index.php/topic/872-beelink-x2-with-armbian-possible/?p=16036 And then please follow Zador's suggestion to try out FEL boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giacomo892 Posted November 4, 2016 Author Share Posted November 4, 2016 Maybe SPL gives up as soon as first module shows a problem? I don't think it will help but one of the u-boot guys provided here a small image that dumps DRAM stuff: http://forum.armbian.com/index.php/topic/872-beelink-x2-with-armbian-possible/?p=16036 And then please follow Zador's suggestion to try out FEL boot. Thanks. Will that image work with the orange pi? I'll follow the advice of trying a fel boot as soon I get an idea on how to do it. Inviato dal mio SM-N9005 utilizzando Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kukulo Posted September 22, 2018 Share Posted September 22, 2018 I had the same message on my Cubietruck. The board was in my desk for two years, it was a HW failure. Some search on internet suggested a bad soldering under DRAM chip. So with heating gun I heated up the DRAM chip for approx 5 minutes at 250 Celsius degrees and Cubietruck finally booted from SD Card with Cubietruck Armbian image 5.31. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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