[MinnowBoard] Minnowboard Max no longer booting to UEFI Shell

[Bastian Wassermann]

OK, i ordered the ftdi cable. My favorite solution is the first solution to
flash it with usb stick. Is there a windows tool and a tutorial/wiki
post/blog how to work with that cable?

How do i know whether that problem is a known issue for the minnowboard max
and will be fixed. Whom can i address that issue? Is that a known firmware
issue or is that an special problem of my board?

2014-11-20 17:41 GMT+01:00 Peter Ogden <peter.j.ogden at gmail.com>:

> I don't know enough about the underlying HDMI issue, but since you are
> able to boot into linux successfully then you should be able to update the
> firmware these two possible ways:
>
> 1. Put the firmware on a usb stick, boot up with only this stick and the
> FTDI cable installed, connect to the EFI serial console and issue the
> firmware update command.
>
> 2. Use an SPI programmer to directly flash the prom.
>
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Bastian Wassermann <
> bastian.wassermann at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> So i don't think this is an hardware issue because hdmi is working in
>> linux. So it should be a firmware problem. So if this will be patched in
>> firmware,I could make a firmware update with an ftdi cable and everything
>> will be right?
>> Am 20.11.2014 17:06 schrieb "Peter Ogden" <peter.j.ogden at gmail.com>:
>>
>> As a workaround, You can get to the EFI shell using a FTDI cable.
>>>
>>> That should allow you to do the efi firmware update, but you still wont
>>> have access to the bios screen.
>>> On Nov 20, 2014 8:03 AM, "Bastian Wassermann" <
>>> bastian.wassermann at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Martin,
>>>>
>>>> saddly when there is nothing plugin in but the hdmi and the power
>>>> cable, the board stays black. It is the same if i plugin a boot stick. But
>>>> when i enter my microsd card with an installed linux mint, the board stays
>>>> totally black for about 30 seconds and than the tv recognizes the hdmi
>>>> input signal and displays the green mint logo in the central.
>>>>
>>>> 2014-11-20 14:41 GMT+01:00 Krause Martin <Martin.Krause at tq-group.com>:
>>>>
>>>>>  Hi Bastian,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> what happens if you boot without any boot device connected? The board
>>>>> should boot into EFI shell then.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Martin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Von:* elinux-MinnowBoard [mailto:
>>>>> elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] *Im Auftrag von *Bastian
>>>>> Wassermann
>>>>> *Gesendet:* Donnerstag, 20. November 2014 14:10
>>>>> *An:* MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
>>>>> *Betreff:* [MinnowBoard] Minnowboard Max no longer booting to UEFI
>>>>> Shell
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have the same problem like *Bryan Smith*
>>>>> <http://minnowboard.57273.x6.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=user_nodes&user=55> in
>>>>> the post
>>>>> http://minnowboard.57273.x6.nabble.com/MinnowBoard-Minnowboard-Max-no-longer-booting-to-UEFI-Shell-td229.html
>>>>> when i am booting my minnowboard i cant see anything until the linux mint
>>>>> logo appears. So it is not possible to boot in the UEFI and boot/install
>>>>> another linux distribution.
>>>>>
>>>>> *David Anders*
>>>>> <http://minnowboard.57273.x6.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=user_nodes&user=17> mentioned
>>>>> that this is a firmware / HDMI Issue with some displays. I have the
>>>>> minnowboard from the last batch send out 11/11/14 by mouser. I did a
>>>>> firmware updated and installed linux mint 17.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Is the board or uefi broken? Is there a workaround for updating or
>>>>> fixing that issue "blind"? Is there a way to boot a different linux
>>>>> distribution from a usb stick from a comand in the installed linus?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>
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