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12 years ago

Kit DE2i-150 Atom Boot problem

I have a brand new Kit DE2i-150 and today it stops booting. I was using the FPGA with a simple module and, after I download the module into the FPGA, I rebooted the Yocto using only the command "r...
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12 years ago

I solved the problem and I found interesting to notice you guys about the failure.

Yesterday, during the use of the the board, we had a blackout here, but, because of the power generator, the computers (including the board) continued working.

I thought this power oscillation did not cause any problem, exactly because the board continued working. But after the reboot, the BIOS failure appeared.

So, the problems was that the power oscillation corrupted the BIOS. To solve this failure is just took out the board's battery for about 5 - 10 min.

I turned on without the battery and the board worked well. Then a put back the battery and it is working normally still now.