# First Boot

### Initial Setup:

Follow this guide in order to get through the Jetson's initial setup.

#### Connecting to your Jetson

* Make sure to remove the jumper that says "ADD JUMPER TO DISABLE USB POWER" that's just behind the barrel jack
* Insert your SD card under the heatsink 
* Plug your jetson into the PC
* Start PuTTy
* Go to device manager, and find out what port your Jetson is on

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Look under Ports ( COM & LPT ). My Jetson enumerated as COM4
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* Back in PuTTY, choose serial.
* Choose the COM port you found above for the Serial line, and 115200 as speed.

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* Click "Open" 
* You should now see the Jetson's Terminal

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All the navigation here on out will be done via your keyboard when using PuTTY
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* Hit enter
* Scroll through agreement and hit enter

#### Setting your locale:

* Choose English for your language
* Choose US for your country
* Select your timezone
* Allow clock to be set to UTC

#### Creating your account:

* Enter a name, such as your school's name
* Choose a username, I chose "vrc"
* Choose a password
* When asked about resizing the partition, hit enter

#### Connecting to the Internet:

If your school has a guest WiFi network, choose that. Otherwise, if your school has a hard-line ethernet jack you can use, choose ethernet.

 Either way, your Jetson needs a connection to the internet.

#### Setting the Power Mode

* Choose the "maxn" power mode

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Now your Jetson is ready for the next step!
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That's it! You've completed basic setup of your Jetson!