CM5 question about prepping CM5

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@MikeJSTB

I will have to purchase a “Mini Base board” and do something to my CM5 board?

you need to buy an “IO board” only for EMMC (no sdcard) cm5 version because you need to flash that EMMC with extra board.

so if you are going with ‘sd card (lite)’ cm5 version – you do not need to buy any additional board (you need to have a sd card reader)

(though you may need to have additional sd cards for the first boot to update eeprom, but may be not)

EEPROM config and the CM5 lite

With the upcoming release of NVME capable adapter boards from @vileer & @lululvlv I have changed up the EEPROM config to be able to use them. If you have a CM5 lite and are having problems with the sd card booting or have already updated the config but plan on getting a NVMe board. You need to edit your EEPROM and your CM5 lite has to have updated firmware that was released after 2025-01-06. Check using vcgencmd version to update sudo rpi-eeprom-update sudo rpi-eeprom-config -e To edit the eep…