[MinnowBoard] How do I know if there is power going to my Silverjaw lure?

[Bill Traynor]

It'd wouldn't be of use to me, as I just use mPCIe.

On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 4:51 PM, Vasanthi, Jagatha
<jagatha.vasanthi at intel.com> wrote:
> My pleasure! I'd like to take this opportunity to ask all of you experts on your opinion about PCIe attached NVMe SSDs for the Minnowboard Max.
>
> I'm interested in understanding the usecases/projects where it would be useful to choose PCIe SSDs over SATA attached storage. Has SATA usually been enough for a majority of the minnow projects? Is there a growing need for better performing storage devices ?
>
> I'm also thinking about creating a PCIe lure so I can attach the SSD directly  instead of using the silverjaw lure and adapter. Would that be useful to other users?
>
> Thanks!
> Vasanthi
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: elinux-MinnowBoard [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] On Behalf Of Bill Traynor
> Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 1:20 PM
> To: MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
> Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] How do I know if there is power going to my Silverjaw lure?
>
> Thanks for doing that write up!
>
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Vasanthi, Jagatha <jagatha.vasanthi at intel.com> wrote:
>> As requested by David, I’ve created a write up on the wiki on how to
>> connect the PCIe-SSD on Minnowboard Max.
>>
>> Please let me know if you have any questions about it.
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>> http://www.elinux.org/Connecting_PCIe_devices_to_Minnowboard_MAX
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>>
>> Vasanthi
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>> From: elinux-MinnowBoard
>> [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] On Behalf Of
>> Vasanthi, Jagatha
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 2:10 PM
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>> To: MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] How do I know if there is power going to my
>> Silverjaw lure?
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>> Absolutely! I’ll have some information posted on the wiki soon.
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>> From: elinux-MinnowBoard
>> [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] On Behalf Of
>> Anders, David
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 10:07 AM
>> To: MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] How do I know if there is power going to my
>> Silverjaw lure?
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>>
>> Vasanthi,
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>> Would it be possible for you to post some information, i.e. block
>> diagram, part numbers, pictures, of your setup on elinux.org wiki?
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>> I think a lot of people would be interesting in how you got this work!
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>>
>> Dave
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>> From: elinux-MinnowBoard
>> [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] On Behalf Of
>> Vasanthi, Jagatha
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 11:53 AM
>> To: MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] How do I know if there is power going to my
>> Silverjaw lure?
>>
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>>
>> After upgrading the firmware and changing the power supply to a
>> 5V,3.2A, I was able to see the PCIe SSD.
>>
>> Thanks all for your help!
>>
>> Vasanthi
>>
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>> From: elinux-MinnowBoard
>> [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] On Behalf Of
>> Jeremy Hoel
>> Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 7:12 AM
>> To: MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] How do I know if there is power going to my
>> Silverjaw lure?
>>
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>> I had to go to 0.79 on the main bios from here -
>> http://firmware.intel.com/projects/minnowboard-max
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>> I was at an earlier version and this was the latest at the time.
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>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 11:21 PM, Vasanthi, Jagatha
>> <jagatha.vasanthi at intel.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you all for your helpful tips.
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>> My power supply is only 5V, 2A. I should up it to 3A or 4A as
>> suggested by some of you.
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>> I do have a separate power supply for the adapter and have ensured it
>> is connected to the mPCIe slot.
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>> @Jeremy, do you remember what version of firmware you updated to? I’m
>> using the core-sato-sdk image from the wiki page and I think that’s at 3.19.
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>> Thanks!
>>
>> Vasanthi
>>
>>
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>> From: elinux-MinnowBoard
>> [mailto:elinux-minnowboard-bounces at lists.elinux.org] On Behalf Of
>> Jeremy Hoel
>> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2015 12:35 PM
>> To: MinnowBoard Development and Community Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [MinnowBoard] How do I know if there is power going to my
>> Silverjaw lure?
>>
>>
>>
>> I had this problem before, and one my board.. it seems the high speed
>> connector wasn't working well.  Running a 3 Amp power supply with
>> help, also, on the board you should be able to check for power at a few test
>> points (they where labeled I thought).    Also, I needed a firmware update
>> to help it work too.
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>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Vasanthi, Jagatha
>> <jagatha.vasanthi at intel.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all
>> Is there a way to tell if my silverjaw lure has power going to it when
>> I connect it to the Minnowboard Max? I don't see any led lights turn on.
>>
>> I have a rather unusual setup with my minnowboard max.  I'm trying to
>> connect a NVMe PCIe SSD to the silverjaw lure by using a "PCIe x1 to mPCIe"
>> adapter on the mPCIe slot.
>> I'm not able to see this SSD. As a first step, I'm trying to see if
>> there are any power issues.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Vasanthi
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