EEPROM config and the CM5 lite

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does shutdown and boot then works? not reboot, but full power cycle

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Yes, instead if reboot I shut it down from the menu or sudo shutdown now in terminal. Starting it with the startup button and running in seconds.

Only thing I didnā€™t do is what Rex mentioned: ā€œkernel=kernel8.imgā€ in the boot file.

Iā€™m not giving up; waited almost 10 months to get the uConsole and my HackerGadgets AIO1 was sitting for like 9 months on the shelf. I hope the AIO card is not malfunctioning with this Lora chipā€¦

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Can you try a different NVME? I had that same problem with my CM5 in a IO board. It would reboot fine with SD but it wouldnā€™t reboot with an nvme. I switched out the nvme to a different one and then it worked fine

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Maybe try uncommenting the following [pi5] boot config.txt line and reducing nvme speed to gen2 as below, working perfectly on my 16Gb CM5 lite and 256Gb nvme. Apparently increases reliability (long traces on the Hackergadgets battery board) and reduces power draw. My nvme read speed is 474MB/s, vs 90MB/s of a Sandisk extreme Pro micro-sd cardā€¦

dtparam=pciex1_gen=2

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The thing is, I havenā€™t received my battery board with NVME yet. Iā€™m still on SDcard and set pciex-speed x3 off. I also set kernel=kernel8.img in the boot file, but rebooting means still crashing. For now I only shut it of and start with the start button on top.

I donā€™t know if my Lora-chip is not working as part of my HackerGadgets AIO v1 card and that this is the reason there is a affecting problem in the overall working of the uConsole. Iā€™ll remove the extension board and see if that helps.

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Hi guys, Iā€™m super new to uConsole but not the CLI. I have got a preassembled uConsole with CM5 Lite 16GB.

I flashed a 128GB Samsung card I had lying around for my Switch etc with ClockworkPi-Bookworm-6.12.67.img.xz.

When I try to boot up the uC, nothing happens on the screen. Short press/long press, the only thing that has a sign of life is that the power on/off button glows a bit green in its left. Help, I am stranded!

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switch 1 or 2? a express sd card wonā€™t work.

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Itā€™s a ā€œSAMSUNG EVO Select Micro SD-Memory-Card + Adapter, 128GB microSDXC 130MB/sā€.

I donā€™t know what I did, but the thing finally booted but itā€™s still a bit janky, not consistent. I ordered a slower card just to test.

Thanks!

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When it did boot did you edit the eeprom as outlined in the first port? That should fix your problems with unreliable boots with the CM5.