# uConsole Won’t Turn On After Soft Reset – Battery Removal Required

**URL:** <https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-won-t-turn-on-after-soft-reset-battery-removal-required/18560>\
**Category:** uConsole\
**Created:** [July 12, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-won-t-turn-on-after-soft-reset-battery-removal-required/18560 "2025-07-12T06:52:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Olivier\_Baltus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/olivier_baltus/32/13118_2.png) [@Olivier\_Baltus](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Olivier_Baltus)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 6:52am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-won-t-turn-on-after-soft-reset-battery-removal-required/18560/1 "2025-07-12T06:52:31Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’m experiencing a strange issue with my uConsole running Bookworm 6.12. After performing a soft reset, the device restarts but the screen stays off, and I’m unable to power it back on unless I remove and reinsert the batteries. Has anyone else encountered this problem?

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**Author:** ![snipeytje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@snipeytje](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/snipeytje)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-won-t-turn-on-after-soft-reset-battery-removal-required/18560/2 "2025-07-12T18:29:03Z")

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are you using a cm4 or cm5?

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**Author:** ![Olivier\_Baltus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/olivier_baltus/32/13118_2.png) [@Olivier\_Baltus](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Olivier_Baltus)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-won-t-turn-on-after-soft-reset-battery-removal-required/18560/3 "2025-07-12T18:51:59Z")

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Hi,

I am using a CM5, I forgot to specify this. Thanks for asking.

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**Author:** ![Olivier\_Baltus](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/olivier_baltus/32/13118_2.png) [@Olivier\_Baltus](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Olivier_Baltus)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-won-t-turn-on-after-soft-reset-battery-removal-required/18560/4 "2025-07-14T13:19:52Z")

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Update:  
After adding the missing parameters, the issue is now resolved. The uConsole restarts and powers on as expected. Thanks to everyone for your help!  
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BOOT\_UART=1

# Switch off PMIC outputs on HALT

POWER\_OFF\_ON\_HALT=1

# Try boot on SDCard repeatly

BOOT\_ORDER=0xf1  
SD\_BOOT\_MAX\_RETRIES=2

# Slow down SDCard SDR Mode on bootloader

SD\_QUIRKS=1

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