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ZedBoard Hardware Design Zedboard does not boot / start
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Zedboard does not boot / start

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Former Member over 11 years ago

I just bought a Zedboard from RS. Followed the process in the 'Getting Started' guide and nothing happens.

The LD13 green light goes on. The LD12 LED never turns blue. The laptop I am using detects when the Zedboard is connected (or powered up) as I can hear the characteristic sound that a device is plugged in. There is a COM port created which I try to use to connect to the ZEDboard (USB cable connected to the UART J14 port)(I use the settings 115200/8/n/1/n). But nothing is shown on the terminal. I also connected the ZEDBOARD on a monitor using the HDMI port but again nothing (black screen).

Any suggestions?

Thank you in advance.

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    0 Former Member over 11 years ago

    Make sure that you have the Boot jumpers (JP7-JP11) set to SD Card mode as shown on page 10 of the Getting Started Guide and that the SD Card is inserted in the SD Card slot (J12). If this still does boot then check that the SD Card has the Linux Boot Files.

     

    Another option would be to try to boot from the Demo program that comes programmed in the QSPI Flash. Set the Boot Jumpers to the QSPI mode as shown on page 36 of the Getting Started Guide.

     

    -Gary

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    0 Former Member over 11 years ago in reply to Former Member

    Thanks Gary,

    I should have spend more time searching for the answer before posting.

    The "problem" was I haven't read the manual properly and I just assumed that the board will work as configured.

    Changing the jumpers to the configuration shown on page 10 of the Getting Started guide did make the board boot from the SD card.

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    0 Former Member over 11 years ago

    I also met this problem. I have checked the UART-USB,this should work fine I think. I am not sure whether the context on SD card is fine. Where to find the BootFiles?

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    0 Former Member over 11 years ago

    You can download the out of box image files here:

    http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,400,1028&Prod=ZEDBOARD

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