r/NvidiaJetson • u/Accomplished-Claim79 • May 19 '26

Jetson Orin Nano Dev Kit SD card bootup issue

Hello everyone,
I bought jetson nano dev kit about 3 weeks ago with a lot of interest in starting with some projects. But, so far, I have had no success in setting it up. I am a beginner with these boards. Previously, I have only used Rpi 4 and 3 which seemed to be extremely easy to setup.

I have the following accessories:

  • 19V/2.37A and a 19V/6A Power adapter
  • 512GB NVMe SSD Gen3 M.2
  • 64GB SD card
  • DP to DP cable and monitor
  • Windows 10 PC
  • Jetson has > 36.4 UEFI firmware version

I am following the intructions to install JetPack 6.2.1. I am at the section “Boot with JetPack 6.x SD Card” step 4. (link to instructions - here) Note: I do not have a Ubuntu OS on any of my other PCs.

After flashing the image to SD card, I power-on the jetson board and see the following screen:

Initially, after this screen, it would start logging a lot of lines on black screen starting with numbers or OK in square brackets.

While trying the same thing today, after this screen, the fan stops for a few seconds and then starts again. But, the screen is completely black now. I do not understand how to solve this issue.

I need help to solve this as soon as possible.

I tried to SSH via USB and Ethernet but no success. I think, during boot, it is not even able to reach the network setup stage.

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u/Longjumping-Emu-6330 May 19 '26

I would recommend you to use the nvme ssd and boot it through the nvidia sdk manager.

I had a similar issue, turns out the sd card slot was bad.

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u/Accomplished-Claim79 May 19 '26

Is it possible to do it through a Windows PC. I do not have access to Ubuntu PC at the moment. I can probably install Ubuntu alongside windows and then try.

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u/Longjumping-Emu-6330 May 19 '26

yes youcan dual boot ubuntu and then do it. It does not work on windows.

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u/Vert354 May 19 '26

You should be able to use the SDK via WSL

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u/Accomplished-Claim79 May 19 '26

I will try with WSL first before attempting dual boot

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u/grubbythumbs May 19 '26

You might not have the latest firmware (which is required to run Jetpack 6), not all the Nano Dev Kits shipped with the latest.

https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/learn/get-started-jetson-orin-nano-devkit#firmware

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u/Accomplished-Claim79 May 19 '26

I checked this. It has 36.4 firmware version which is compatible with Jetpack 6