Can not boot

VisionFive（English Forum）
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Hi,
My newly received visonfive board doesn’t boot at all. I have tried two sandisk sdcards, and also tried Fedora and Debian images in the forum, and even reflashed the bootloader, but the issue remains there:

U-Boot 2022.01-rc4-VisionFive-g0c08d335c5 (Dec 30 2021 - 20:05:04 +0800)StarFive

CPU:   rv64imafdc
Model: StarFive VisionFive V1
DRAM:  8 GiB
MMC:   mmc@10000000: 0, mmc@10010000: 1
Loading Environment from SPIFlash... cadence_spi spi@11860000: Can't get reset: -524
SF: Detected gd25lq128 with page size 256 Bytes, erase size 4 KiB, total 16 MiB
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment

StarFive EEPROM format v1

--------EEPROM INFO-------- 
Vendor : StarFive Technology Co., Ltd.
Product full SN: VF7100A1-2206-D008E000-00000301
data version: 0x1
PCB revision: 0x1
BOM revision: A
Ethernet MAC address: 6c:cf:39:00:03:00
--------EEPROM INFO--------
In:    serial@12440000
Out:   serial@12440000
Err:   serial@12440000
Net:   dwmac.10020000
MMC CD is 0x0, force to True.
MMC CD is 0x0, force to True.                                          
Card did not respond to voltage select! : -110                         
MMC CD is 0x0, force to True.                                          
MMC CD is 0x0, force to True.                                          
Card did not respond to voltage select! : -110                         
Autoboot in 2 seconds
dwmac.10020000 Waiting for PHY auto negotiation to complete. done
Speed: 1000, full duplex
BOOTP broadcast 1
BOOTP broadcast 2
BOOTP broadcast 3
DHCP client bound to address 192.168.8.107 (5467 ms)
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
Cannot autoload with TFTPGET
Speed: 1000, full duplex
BOOTP broadcast 1
BOOTP broadcast 2
BOOTP broadcast 3
DHCP client bound to address 192.168.8.107 (5466 ms)
*** ERROR: `serverip' not set
Cannot autoload with TFTPGET
MMC CD is 0x0, force to True.
MMC CD is 0x0, force to True.
Card did not respond to voltage select! : -110

Futhermore, if I remove the sdcard from the board, and power it, I see the same errors above. So I guess maybe the board can not woek with my two sandisk sdcards?

It frustrates me a lot. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

2

Yes, it seems that the TF card is not found。
Can you show me which model card you are using and try another one?

3

hi,

They are sandisk c10 A1 ultra tf card, both are 64g. I bought from taobao:

【淘宝】https://m.tb.cn/h.fmV9L9r?sm=78285b?tk=CiS72Vd4QV5「~SanDisk闪迪正品内存卡64G高速存储卡手机内存扩展卡switch记忆通用TF卡microsd卡监控车载行车记录仪储存卡(~@ ~)」
点击链接直接打开

They work well on other machines and orange pi boards.

4

Are the two TF cards the same model?
Can you take a photo on the back of the TF card, like the picture below.

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5

Which version of fedora image are you flashing? It is strongly recommended that you use the latest fedora image.
You can download from here: https://github.com/starfive-tech/Fedora_on_StarFive

6

I just take photos of them, not very clear though😅

IMG_20220222_225813
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IMG_20220222_224849
IMG_20220222_2248493000×4000 411 KB

Due to me being a new user here, I have to post them in two seperate posts. Sorry.

8

I can confirm that I flashed the latest fedora image downloaded there.

9

The serial numbers of them are:
85070VKHG07A
1356XX05229X

10

Sorry, it looks like you have a TF card compatibility issue.

11

Hi,

So what brands and models of tf cards are recommended now? I can’t wait to boot it now hahaha

12

You can try it with a Samsung card（16G or more）.
We rarely encounter compatibility issues with SanDisk cards. :grimacing:

13

OK, I’ll purchase a Samsung card recently. And will an update of bootloader in the future fixes this issue?

14

The recommend card reference:https://forum.rvspace.org/t/visionfive-faq/127

15

@darkgeek based on your log, it seems the card is not detected under u-boot. would you please double check whether the card is inserted. unlike raspberry pi, the TF card slot of VisionFive has a self-locking function and you need to press it to the bottom.

Till now, we only find the same issue on Kingston 64GB TF card.

16

Hi,

I’m sure the card is inserted to the bottom, I do “feel” the self-locking when inserting.:grinning:

17

That’s how I insert the card:
IMG-20220223-095431.jpg

18

I’m back. Tried a Samsung TF card (EVO Plus 64G A1 V10) and still no go, same issue, what a pity. I’m afraid that maybe there’s something wrong with card reader/controller on the board…
IMG-20220224-212833.jpg

@Michael.Zhu @julie

19

could you please try mmc info in u-boot command line?

20

Are you in china now? I’ll send you an email。