[Angstrom-devel] Getting started with the BeagleBoard-xM problem with Boot process :-/

[Gil Cohen]

Hi Koen Kooi,

You were right, I bought a PSU 5 Volt with 5 Amper. It worked thanks, gosh
at start i though it was a software problem!!!
Thanks & Tho thumbs up!!!
have a lovely day!!

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 18:09, Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net> wrote:

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> On 31-03-11 16:06, Gil Cohen wrote:
> > *Hi Guys ,*
> > *
> > *
> > *Two days ago I got my BeagleBoard-xM RevB, *
> > *At first I plugged my mini usb cable to my computer for the voltage and
> > connected the serial-to-USB converter.*
> > *The leds blinked and turn on.*
> > *but couldn't see any boot load, so after a day I bought a 5v power
> source
> > as suggested on the manual. *
> > *I connected again the serial-to-USB to the serial port on the
> BeagleBoard
> > and powered on using 5v (Leds turned on including the red one indicating
> the
> > power source).*
>
> That red LED is sadly not a PSU indicator, but the overvoltage
> indicator. This usually can mean 2 things:
>
> 1) your board is broken and need an RMA
> 2) your 5V supply delivers more than 5.4V
>
> Case 2) should be easy to work around, case 1) is slightly more involved.
>
> regards,
>
> Koen
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