New PicoCalc not booting

PicoCalc
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I just recieved my PicoCalc and assembled it. However, when I turn it on, it doesn’t seem to be booting.

  • I see the screen get a little lighter–but the screen is otherwise blank.

  • I can adjust both the keyboard lighting and the screen brightness using the keyboard, but nothing else seems to respond.

Any ideas on getting it up and running?

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Try to flash a firmware for checking

Assuming you are using PICO 1

  • download the uf2
  • press BOOTSEL on Pico and plug the Micro-usb cable into Pico too
  • copy the uf2 into PICO,on windows there will be a new disk ,on linux there will be like /media/$USER/RPI-XXX
  • once copying done, pico will reset automaticly, unplug the Micro-USB cable
  • Plug USB type C cable into PicoCalc TYPE C port
  • Press Power ON

Normally picocalc will boot up and you will see PicoMite prompt interface

if Not , double check the assembling carefully
If still nothing happend

it’s time to send email to help@clockworkpi.com

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Thanks. The Pico disk wasn’t showing on my computer when I did the BOOTSEL + microusb connection, so I took a closer look at the Pico and noticed it wan’t seated properly. After fixing that, everything’s working as expected.