Beagle board looks dead

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Hi all,

Just got my beagle board today (thanks Khasim) and I'm trying to boot
it following what is listed in [1].

For getting a serial connector I took this QUART cable that comes with
3430sdp and modified it as the pinout listed in [2] (normal rs232
pinout).

I have the mmc in the slot and it has all the files needed. After that
I'm pressing USER button and releasing it after attaching usb cable.
The problem is that i get no output at all in the serial port. I'm at
the office now and have no speakers to be sure that a sound is been
bipped.

Any other ideas on how to diagnose?

[1] http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/BootingBeagleBoard
[2] http://pinouts.ru/SerialPorts/Serial9_pinout.shtml

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The serial port is setup for 115200N8?

You should see 40T, which I believe comes from the ROM ...

Philip

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The serial port is setup for 115200N8?

Yeah, it is.
Same configuration is working with my 3430sdp and my n810.

You should see 40T, which I believe comes from the ROM ...

I actually can't see anything :-s

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Hi,

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I was just about to share:

Imgur

Which is how to modify the QUART cable.

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I was just about to share:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nishanthmenon/2438406603/in/pool-beagleb…

Which is how to modify the QUART cable.

Yeah, I saw that later. But i did it in another way... I'll post some
pictures on my blog later after i get x-load and u-boot giving me a
prompt.

BTW, all the files should only go to FAT32 partition on the SD right ?

I'm getting 40T, the files are in the SD but u-boot is not popping :-s

Maybe i'm too stupid for this board (C:

ehehe

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> I was just about to share:

>http://www.flickr.com/photos/nishanthmenon/2438406603/in/pool-beagleb…

> Which is how to modify the QUART cable.

Yeah, I saw that later. But i did it in another way... I'll post some
pictures on my blog later after i get x-load and u-boot giving me a
prompt.

BTW, all the files should only go to FAT32 partition on the SD right ?

The procedure with the HP tool in http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/BeagleSourceCode
works, I resized the fat partition with (g)parted to a sane size and
that seems to work. Finding a windows installation was a bit annoying.
(you can cut the irony with a knife)

regards,

Koen

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I've been using the fdisk + mkfs procedure.
seems not to work so far :s

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Even the described fdisk + mkfs procedure seems to currently require
that you preformat with the HP tool from Windows.