# uConsole + CM5 Green Led ON-No Flash-No Back Lit

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**Created:** [November 2, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-cm5-green-led-on-no-flash-no-back-lit/20320 "2025-11-02T06:52:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-cm5-green-led-on-no-flash-no-back-lit/20320/5 "2025-11-02T17:34:06Z")

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That will probably be why then, you can’t use an Emmc pi with an SD card I believe, you need to flash the image to the Emmc using a flasher.

I can’t offer more I’m afraid, I don’t have an Emmc pi but these may help:

> [@Just got my uConsole but I bought a CM4 with EMMC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/just-got-my-uconsole-but-i-bought-a-cm4-with-emmc/13467):
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> From what I have read you can’t boot from SD card with a EMMC board but I also read the uConsole can’t write to EMMC. Is there a way to get this running or am I stuck with getting another board?

> [@RPI-CM4 Lite or CM4 with eMMC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/rpi-cm4-lite-or-cm4-with-emmc/13534):
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> I was planning to get CM4 with eMMC, CM4108032, and wondered if it would provide any extra benefit beyond the CM4 lite in a real-world application such as: REAPER Tracktion Waveform 11 -Renoise Or should I stick with the CM4 lite?

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