Hello community,

I am looking for help to boot Armbian on a generic TV Box sold as "MXQ Pro 4K 5G". I have tried multiple images (including official and community builds from sicXnull), but I only get a black screen or signal loss immediately after the boot attempt.

Device Specifications:

Model on case: MXQ Pro 4K 5G

Board ID: IK316Q-EMCP_V4.1

SoC: Allwinner H313 (identified as sun50iw9p1 in Android)

RAM: 1GB (Single chip configuration)

Storage: 8GB eMMC

 

Current Status: I am able to boot into the stock Android. To attempt the Armbian boot, I am using the reboot update command from a terminal emulator within Android.

 

The issue: Upon executing the reboot command, the Android system shuts down, the display signal cuts off (or stays black), and the device never initializes Armbian (no HDMI output, no LEDs blinking differently).

What I have tried:

Builds from sicXnull repository (Kernel 6.x).

Ophub community builds (H616/H313 variants).

I have updated the extlinux.conf / uEnv.txt to point to the sun50i-h313-x96-q-lpddr3.dtb (and others like x96-mate), but the result is always the same failure to initialize.

Has anyone successfully booted this specific board revision (IK316Q_V4.1)? Is there a specific bootloader argument or a different DTB required for this MXQ clone?

Photos of the board are attached. Thanks!

Managed to find how to solve the issue!

 

For anyone with the same board revision (IK316Q-EMCP_V4.1) and LPDDR3 memory who is struggling to boot standard images:

I tried multiple generic builds (Ophub, etc.) and DTB edits without success. The solution was using this specific pre-configured image version from the sicXnull repository.

The working image is: Armbian-unofficial_24.11.0-trunk_X96q_bookworm_current_6.6.44_mate_desktop.img.xz

Download Link: https://github.com/sicXnull/armbian-build/releases/download/v24.8.0-trunk.425/Armbian-unofficial_24.11.0-trunk_X96q_bookworm_current_6.6.44_mate_desktop.img.xz

It booted immediately. Hope this helps others with this specific hardware.

Thanks, gabriel_altoe for your advice.

I'm abble to boot from the image you pointed. I have the same board. I success boot with minimal image too from this link: https://github.com/sicXnull/armbian-build/releases/download/v24.8.0-trunk.425/Armbian-unofficial_26.02.0-trunk_X96q-v1-3_bookworm_current_6.12.64_minimal.img.xz

I had intermittent boots on an IK316Q-EMCP_V4.1 board. The kernel raised vdd-dram from 1.1 V to 1.2 V (Bringing 1100000uV into 1200000...) and shortly after that panicked in the I2C IRQ. Fix: a dcdc3 overlay with min=max 1100000. This does not explain a black screen on 100% of boots; if you see that voltage bump, the overlay above helps.