Hi,
Firstly let me say I am a newby and will ask forgiveness now if I should say something stupid.
My set up is:
5v 8Amp power supply ( this is a SMPS I had available) |
USB Voltage monitor connected |
USB Keyboard Mouse Combo |
I have been loading images on to a couple of 8G Micro SD cards and then observing the result.
| | Imager software | |
Sequence | OS Image | Phoenix Card 3.1.0 | Etcher v1.0.0-beta.17 | Result / Observations |
1 | sun8iw7p1_android_orangepi_pc_uart0_v0.8.0 | Yes | | 1. Red LED On,
2. Green Led On then Off after about 5 seconds,
3. Screen shows H3 Quad Core logo then disappears after about a minute
4. SSH not possible after 5 minutes - error message "Network connection refused"
5. after 25minutes screen with space image and Chineese text flashed. top right corner shows network connectivity icon, Mouse and keyboard not recognised
6. still can't SSH to OPIOne
7. Screen flashes blank and then home page. Powered down after 40 minutes |
2 | Armbian_5.14_Orangepione_Debian_jessie_3.4.112_desktop | | Yes | 1. No Red LED, Screen blank
2. No change after 5 minutes
3. Powered down after 10 minutes |
3 | pcDuino4STB_android_H3_4.4_8188-20150608.img | Yes | | 1. Red LED Turns On, Screen shows "Android TV box"
2. No Lan activity LED
3. Powered down after 15 minutes and no change |
4 | Armbian_5.20_Orangepione_Debian_jessie_3.4.112 | | Yes | 1. No Red LED, Screen blank, Green LAN activity LED flashes
2. No change after 5 minutes
3. Powered down after 15 minutes |
5 | Lubuntu_1404_For_OrangePiPC_v0_8_0_.img | | Yes | 1. Red LED turns On
2. Screen Blank
3. No Lan activity LED
4. powered Down after 60 minutes |
6 | OrangePI_Ubuntu_Vivid_Mate.img | | Yes | 1. Red LED turns On
2. Screen Blank
3. No Lan activity LED
4. Powered Down after 20 minutes |
7 | Raspbian_For_OrangePi_PC_v0_8_0.img | | Yes | 1. Red LED turns On
2. Screen Blank
3. No Lan activity LED
4. Powered Down after 20 minutes |
9 | Volumio1.5_for_OrangePi_v0.2.img | | Yes | |
8 | OpenELEC-H3.arm-7.0-devel-20161026221335-r23113-g64b34b3-opione.img | | Yes | 1. Red LED stays Off
2. Screen goes in to Power Saving mode
3. Lan activity LED flashed
Powered downafter30minutes |
As shown above my success rate sucks. I monitor the USB voltage and noticed it is usually 5volts but it dips down to 4.8volts occassionly.
I really would like to make this work. Any distro in english will suffice.
Should monitoring the serial debug port on start up be my next step?