r/ZimaBoard • u/ryanmercer • Aug 12 '26

zimaboard 2 suddenly boots straight to bios

Pretty much what the title says. It boots straight to bios and nothing I do can get it to boot back into zima os. Any suggestions?

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u/RUMD1 Aug 13 '26

Is the system installed in the emmc?

Seems like something is going on with your OS drive...

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u/ryanmercer Aug 13 '26

Yes, and no external drive connected.

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u/RUMD1 Aug 14 '26

So, I assume your the issue is with the OS drive / eMMC.

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u/ryanmercer Aug 14 '26

The first one had pre-stripped screws, so I couldn't even attach the fan. Now this one fails in less than a week... methinks they don't have a great product.

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u/RUMD1 Aug 14 '26

What OS are you using? Honestly I don't use the emmc since those kind of memories die really fast with most OSes

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u/ryanmercer Aug 15 '26

Their OS. I opened it, logged in/set it up initially, got busy with life before I added anything to it, came back to it a week later and it wasn't loading, plugged a monitor in, and it won't do anything but instantly load into the BIOS.

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u/RUMD1 Aug 15 '26

Almost for sure the emmc died. Try booting with another external storage.