BeagleBoard xM Rev C No Longer Booting After Accidental SD Card Eject

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Hello everybody! I was happily enjoying my BeaglBoard xM Rev C until I accidentally hit the board slightly, causing the sd card to eject.

Since then I have been getting the following every time I power the BeagleBoard , with no DVI signal output (same result with or without sd card):

   - the red led D13 flashes once
   - the green led D14 flashes once 
   - the green led D5 stays on

Thinking that I might have damaged the file system during the eject, I followed the the instructions below in order to recreate a bootable sd card:

[http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/HowToGetAngstromRunning](http://code.google.com/p/beagleboard/wiki/HowToGetAngstromRunning)

I was not successful. So I found the following instructions from circuitco where they provide the sd card image that is shipped with the BeagleBoard xM Rev C.
http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBoard-xM#Image_Files

I was once again unsuccessful.

I would be able to order a new board but I first want to make sure that the current board is dead. Is there any way I could test the board and find out if the problem is hardware related? 

Thanks!!
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Try this.

http://circuitco.com/support/index.php?title=BeagleBoard-xM

Gerald

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how about install all software and power on it cleanly.

I did take on/off SD many times even it is on running board without problem,.
sometime, press the reset button, then take off SD card.

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I feel for you!

Someone could make a few bucks by supplying a guard bracket that would prevent accidental SD ejection!

Martin

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A drop of hot glue may work. Easy to remove if you neeed to eject it on purpose.

Gerald