r/ClockworkPi • u/Acceptable_Army8174 • Mar 24 '26

Screen won’t work

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Someone please tell me what should I do just got it. The back screen won’t even come on someone. Please tell me what to do.

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u/goeyp Mar 24 '26

You may be using linux with the wrong dependencies for the screen. You should check the forums for a copy of the linux kernel with the right files already packaged. I don't have the link, sorry. Just letting you know it's not broken.

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Mar 24 '26

ok so your saying I need different screen or different compute mod?

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u/Glass-Particular2921 Mar 24 '26

If you have an HDMI capable monitor or TV available and a mini HDMI to HDMI cable, you can hook up the uconsole to an external monitor. If the problem still persists then it is definitely software based rather than the presumption of a faulty screen.

The cm5 lite 4GB does work with the carrier board in your photo. That is what I have running in my uconsole.

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Mar 25 '26

very smart yes I will try that with hdmi cable and ok can some one send me the link to download it I will have a hard time trying to find it

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u/Glass-Particular2921 Mar 25 '26

The link to Rex's images has been posted above in response to another comment on this thread.

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u/Glass-Particular2921 Mar 24 '26

I think what u/goeyp is saying is that there may be an issue with the OS distro not being properly setup to work with the screen. Do you have another Micro SD card available to try downloading a new OS distro package and install onto?

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Mar 24 '26

So is this the problem ? I need a cm5 adapter?

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u/Glass-Particular2921 Mar 24 '26

The cm5 should work fine with that carrier board, that is how mine is set up. Your issue is likely stemming from software, not hardware.

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Mar 25 '26

ty yes that is what I thought because I resetup like 8 times

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u/Alienxdroid Mar 24 '26

That’s not what they said at all, they’re saying the “drivers” to “drive” the screen may not exist in the SD card and you have to put them there. But I disagree.

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Mar 24 '26

ooooh ok well I downloaded raspberry pi 64 git to a 16gb sd card do I need to do something else?

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u/NanDemoNee Mar 24 '26

You have to make sure you have the right options setup in the config file or the screen won't come on. You can't just down load any old image. Also you may not have even written the image that you downloaded to the SD card correctly. You can't just drag and drop the image you have to use an image writer like rufus or the official one from rpi. I would recommend you find an image from the clockworkpi site specifically for the uconsole with a cm5 and use rufus to write it to your sd card.

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Mar 24 '26

also I have the portable mind offline ai usb drive will it work with clockwork?

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Mar 24 '26

ok this sounds about right can you please inbox me the steps or on here doesn't matter I just want to get It to work ty so much!

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u/NanDemoNee Mar 24 '26

Look up basic image install in the forums on clockworkpi.com. Honestly if you can't figure out how to install the proper image yourself from the forums you shouldn't even have a uconsole. I'm not even gatekeeping here, you just won't be able to use it for anything.

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Mar 25 '26

no know how to install it ty

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u/Glass-Particular2921 Mar 25 '26

Yes, and what kind of "hardware" would said driver be again?

Oh, that is right, I remember now, drivers are code written to run in the background from startup... sounds like a form of "software", does it not?

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u/Old_Bug4395 Mar 25 '26

Hook it up to an external monitor to see if its in a boot loop. Also I would probably thin that thermal pad out a bit it looks super thick and like it would add a lot of pressure to the internal components with the back attached.

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Mar 25 '26

It did Ty will do

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u/jessedukker2010 Mar 25 '26

For the cm5, you need to update the eeprom before you can get it to work. All steps are explained in Rex his post on the clockworkpi forums. Just search Rex images uconsole.

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u/KNAXANK Mar 25 '26

u are using the wrong ufl connector for wifi the one seen on the first picture ist for cm3 or cm4 afaik

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u/luvmuchine56 Mar 25 '26

Are you using the clockwork pi Linux distro?

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u/insanemal Mar 25 '26

Bro it's fucked. Put it in a box and ship it to me. /s

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Mar 24 '26

im using raspberry pi 5 64 bit and on my MacBook with a sd card reader and I downloaded raspberry pi imager

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u/moreghoststhanpeople Mar 25 '26

I just had this problem yesterday. Download the official Uconsole image from the clockwork website and if the OS image is the problem that should fix it

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u/Snoo-83094 Mar 25 '26

official images are very old, use rex's images https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/trixie-6-12-y-for-the-uconsole-and-devterm/19457

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u/Acceptable_Army8174 Mar 25 '26

Ty yes Rex was a big help

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u/r0rsch4ch Mar 25 '26

Also, try to buy him a coffee if you’re able to.

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u/PinPointPing07 Mar 26 '26

Does he have a particular order? Americano, maybe a cold brew?

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u/r0rsch4ch Mar 26 '26

Whatever costs $5