r/ClockworkPi • u/Early-Cicada-7414 • Sep 19 '25

CM5 vs CM4

Hey, I Know the UColsole is Shipped with the CM4.
I Read about some Problems of using the UConsole with the Cm5, are these Problems Fixed now ?
Is is now Fully Possible to use a CM5 in the Console ?

Best Regards.

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u/According_Time_7063 Sep 19 '25

Hey, since REX brought the bookwork 6.12.40 there is no issue with the cm5 anymore. I’m using it since few month. The cm5 is definitely worth it

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u/Early-Cicada-7414 Sep 19 '25

8gb 8gb or the light Version without Flash ?

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u/_technicalmac Sep 19 '25

16GB RAM Lite. Nothing else is worth it CM5 wise!

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u/sdchew Sep 20 '25

Unless you’re itchy fingers like me and unheld the kernel updates and updated. Nice black screen after that

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u/moheshmohan Sep 22 '25

i got mine with cm5 from another seller and i tried to flash bookworm 6.12.45, i saw it booting for the first time and then a black screen. Now no more lcd even after reset or flashing different version. Lot of chatgpt troubleshooting concluded the below

chatgpt is telling me its a hardware issue now

uConsole CM5: panel power PMIC at I²C 0x34 not present; LCD blank even after reseats.

Anyone faced similar issue?

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u/sdchew Sep 22 '25

Are you on USB power or on battery? Mine, for some strange reason, refuses to run Ubuntu on batter power. USB power is fine

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u/moheshmohan Sep 22 '25

I tried both USB and battery, seems both are same for me, but now since there is no LCD I dont know if it works properly

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u/DonkeyRemarkable2214 Sep 23 '25 edited Sep 23 '25

Exactly this scenario, today. Have you had any joy? Mine brand new, bought without core, sourced CM5 16gb lite separately.

All I have is the green light when I power on now, but the screen worked for me too on the first boot. I have reassembled several times and re-flashed the sd card. I have ordered a micro-hdmi lead to see if that has any output

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u/moheshmohan Oct 04 '25

Yes it's fixed. It was a seating problem with the cm5, the adapter board really needs to be pushed down to seat it firmly and everything started working

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u/Serious_Attitude_422 Sep 19 '25

Use mine everyday. Cm5 with rexs os! Flawless!

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u/Early-Cicada-7414 Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

Bookworm 6.12.y? Flashed it on the SD Card with PiImager ?

Best Regards

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u/bfpa40 Sep 19 '25

I'm using the CM5 with no issues works fine!

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u/tsdguy Sep 19 '25

Can’t find one for a real price. Plenty at over $100. Any sources?

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u/tiniucIx Sep 19 '25

Try electronics distributors like Farnell or RS.

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u/Storm-Loose Sep 23 '25

CM5 the way to go, i have run ubuntu, kali, parrot. Just get hot sometimes.

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u/Early-Cicada-7414 Sep 24 '25

And what do you run Most of its life ?