Potential issues
If you get the following error in U-Boot (or your 8 GB board is only detected as 4 GB) the possible cause is an empty or corrupted EEPROM:
Not a StarFive EEPROM data format - magic error EEPROM dump: (0x100 bytes) 00: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 10: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 20: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 30: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 40: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 50: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 60: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 70: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 80: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 90: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF A0: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF B0: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF C0: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF D0: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF E0: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF F0: FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
To address this, execute the following commands from within U-Boot:
mac initialize mac product_id <PRODUCTID> mac write_eeprom
Set ProductID to either:
For 8 GB Models: STAR64V1-2310-D008E000-01234567
for 4 GB Models: STAR64V1-2310-D004E000-01234567
You can replace the last 8 digits with a random number if you wish.
If these commands fail, please join the #star64 channel in the Pine64 community for more assistance.
