I'm stuck, and my frustration is winning

I am beyond frustrated with this right now…

CM5 lite with hacker gadgets aio

I finally got passed the eeprom issue and only to get slapped in the face with this bs.

8 different SD cards, 6 Sandisk and 2 Samsung.. ranging from 8GB to 128GB and NONE of them will get me passed this stupid screen and only on HDMI

The uconsole screen won’t show anything but the backlight… I’ve checked all connections over 20 times already disassembling and reassembling… and still nothing.. (as pictured)

I’ve tried every single ISO from Rex and none of them will fully boot passed this damned wallpaper. Using Balenatrasher and R.Pi Flasher..

I’ve reset the the uconsole over 100 times and still nothing, seems I’ve only wasted my time and money with this stupid thing.. I’ve been at this for 4 days now and I’m about ready to just set the damn thing on fire..

If anyone could be of assistance, my sanity would greatly appreciate it…

Personally I use cm4 but maybe the fact you use cm5 could be an issue if you have any cm4 around try testing it then you can look further into the cm5 setup (I know you need some sort of adapter board from either waveshare or hacker gadgets). Hopefully this helps if not I hope someone more experienced than me can help.

welcome to the linux!

are you 100% sure you’ve tried images with updated screen drivers?

after you update EEPROM you can use any working sdcard, no need to try them all anymore

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Lol, I just redownloaded Trixie lite from Rex’s google drive again.. reflashed my sd card again, and this is all I’m getting on the uconsole.. I connected it to hdmi to double check the eeprom and it’s up to date and configured correctly. Not sure why it won’t just boot up

try regular trixie, not lite.

SD_QUIRKS=1

In eeprom config ?

yes, I’m about to download & reflash the sd card to the normal (Rex) Trixie build to see what happens, I had to load the lite version to gain access to this… and this is thru HDMI keep in mind (since all I’m getting on the uconsole is a black, backlit screen)

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Regular Trixie, still nothing…

It might also be worth removing the back and making sure all your ribbon cables are fully seated and correctly oriented it won’t do any harm checking in any case.

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seems like you are doing everything right,

if everything is fully connected and cm5 module/adapter board fully inserted – it may be a hardware issue,

try to write to alex@clockworkpi.com help@clockworkpi.com

yeah ribbon cables upside down. check out their official site for pictures. they also state setting the cables wrong may fry carrier board if set to charge

i had teh same issue, but i didnt make the mistake of charging the uconsole. then i checked their site and i fixed it

oh, you do have a wallpaper on your external display. nevermind. i dont know

we need Rex here. REEEEEEEX? @Rex