NVIDIA Jetson Orin - JetPack 7.2 Wizard Flashing
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This section provides a guide to flashing the Jetson AGX Orin developer kit through the SDK Manager GUI using JetPack 7.2 and Direct Flash. Select the storage device supported by your board and offered in the flashing dialog, such as eMMC, NVMe, or a USB drive. Using NFS as the root file system requires a separate command-line procedure. If you wish to customize your OS components before flashing, check our Compiling Source Code and Flashing Board From Cmdline sections.
This section assumes that you already have followed through our Getting Started and Installing Jetpack sections. Flashing is the process of getting all the required files into the selected storage from which the Orin is going to boot. In this section, we follow three steps to flash the Orin.
Step 1: Set Board in Recovery Mode
In order to flash the Orin, we must set it in recovery mode so that it can accept the files. The procedure to put the Orin in recovery mode is:
 | Note: Before setting the board in recovery mode is important to know that when the power supply is connected, the board will power on automatically. |
1. Start with the Jetson Orin AGX devkit turned off and disconnected from the power supply.
2. Get the USB-A to USB-C data cable and connect the USB-A end to your host computer (the computer where you installed Jetpack) and the USB-C end to the Orin type C port L, next to the 40-pin header, shown in Figure 2.
3. Press and hold the FORCE RECOVERY button (B in Figure 1).
4. While holding the FORCE RECOVERY button, connect the power supply to the DC jack or to the USB-C power port above the DC jack. If the white power LED does not light, press the POWER button. Release the FORCE RECOVERY button after the board powers on.
If the board is already powered on, hold the FORCE RECOVERY button, press and release the RESET button (C in Figure 1), then release the FORCE RECOVERY button.
At this point, the Orin should be in recovery mode. To verify, you can run the following command on your host computer:
lsusb
If the Orin is in recovery mode, you should see a line similar to the following among the command output:
Bus 001 Device 011: ID 0955:7023 NVidia Corp
Step 2: Flash
Follow STEP 01 and STEP 02 of our Installing Jetpack section, selecting JetPack 7.2 and Direct Flash if an installation method is offered. In STEP 03, wait for SDK Manager to prepare the host environment and display the flashing dialog.
Since you already have put the Orin in recovery mode, you should see that it is detected by the SDK Manager. Figure 4 shows the message displayed by the SDK Manager when the Orin is not being detected, and Figure 5 shows the expected message displayed when the Orin is detected. Make sure the Orin is successfully detected before continuing.
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Once your Orin has been detected, select Manual Setup for the Jetson AGX Orin because you have already put the board in recovery mode. Then select the OEM Configuration and Storage Device options offered in the flashing dialog.
For the OEM Configuration, you have two options:
- Runtime: If you choose this option, the username/password creation will be prompted when you boot the Orin after the flash.
- Pre-Config: With this option, you will create the username/password for the Orin before flashing.
Figure 6 shows the username/password prompt that is shown when the user chooses the Pre-Config option for OEM Configuration.
Finally, choose the Storage Device that you wish to boot from. When you are ready, click the Flash button at the bottom of the Window. The SDK Manager will proceed to flash, this can take a while. After flashing, complete Step 3 below and any selected SDK component installation before reviewing the finalization window, similar to Figure 7.
| Note about boot order: USB storage takes precedence over eMMC and NVMe in the default boot order. If the board boots from a different device than the one you flashed, select the intended boot device or adjust the boot order in the UEFI menu. |
Step 3: Boot
After flashing, the Orin should boot automatically. Make sure to connect a display to the Orin port J in Figure 8, a keyboard and mouse to the USB-A port I in Figure 8, and optionally you can connect the network cable to the Ethernet port H.
Once you have the display connected, you should see the Ubuntu login prompt (if you opted for OEM Pre-Config in Step 2) or the Ubuntu OEM Configuration prompt (if you opted for OEM Runtime in Step 2). Go through the steps to be able to log in for the first time, and you are set up.
If you selected target SDK components, keep the Jetson connected to the host and enter the Jetson username and password in SDK Manager's post-flash installation dialog. Let SDK Manager finish installing those components, then check its summary for warnings or failures. Flashing the OS alone does not install the selected target SDK components.