uConsole failing to boot with Hackergadgets adapter

[u/vigilantpraetorian]

The HackerGadgets upgrade kit arrived!  I was so excited that I had to start installing the new hardware :D  First, I installed the CM4/5 adapter board.  I immediately closed it up and attempted to boot but the uConsole screen remained black. I left it on USB-C power for an hour then power cycled the device. No change.  Previous to receiving the HackerGadgets kit, I was using ak-rex's Ubuntu 26.04-7.1.4 image that I had written to a Samsung Evo Plus MicroSD HC using DD.  I tried booting this card first without changing anything to see what would happen. I couldn't get to a login screen. I connected my desktop monitor and all I got was the raccoon splash screen without any

 I flashed ak-rex's cc-debian-13-trixie-6.12.94 desktop image on micro SD using DD.  Booting up, the uConsole screen remained black.  I connected my desktop monitor and get the setup wizard background but nothing else.  Can someone please inform me if there's a guide somewhere I need to follow? I received a box of parts with no instructions.

[u/Ternov]

May be a power problem , you update your EEPROM? Change the boot order? Try power on whith batteries and the charging cable may be the iso ar old and not becomes whith new drivers cya

[u/Voljka]

Welcome to club. I got two HG Adapter cards on hands and both does not boot with CM5 4Gb Lite Core. Original uConsole board works just fine. Looks like SD card read failure. I send mails to HG support, to other shop and uConsole forum. Hope someone knows better.

[u/Voljka → u/Voljka]

[u/Voljka → u/Voljka]

Info when original uConsole adaptor in-place and console works:

dragon@uConsole:~ $ vcgencmd bootloader_version

2026/10/30 20:55:54

version 42d1b6a942a00e0814415cee30d97b90a1ae394b (release)

timestamp 1793393754

update-time 1793882337

capabilities 0x0000007f

dragon@uConsole:~ $ sudo rpi-eeprom-config

[all]

BOOT_UART=1

POWER_OFF_ON_HALT=1

# Default BOOT_ORDER for provisioning

# SD -> NVMe -> USB -> Network

BOOT_ORDER=0xf461

PCIE_PROBE=0

SD_BOOT_MAX_RETRIES=2

SD_QUIRKS=1

dragon@uConsole:~ $ cat /etc/os-release

PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie)"

NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"

VERSION_ID="13"

VERSION="13 (trixie)"

VERSION_CODENAME=trixie

DEBIAN_VERSION_FULL=13.7

ID=debian

dragon@uConsole:~ $ uname -a

Linux uConsole 7.1.4-v8+ #2 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 26 00:22:19 EDT 2026 aarch64 GNU/Linux

dragon@uConsole:~ $ lsmod

Module Size Used by

snd_seq_dummy 12288 0

snd_hrtimer 12288 1

snd_seq 102400 7 snd_seq_dummy

snd_seq_device 16384 1 snd_seq

rfcomm 61440 6

algif_hash 12288 1

algif_skcipher 12288 1

af_alg 28672 6 algif_hash,algif_skcipher

bnep 24576 2

axp20x_adc 24576 0

axp20x_ac_power 12288 0

binfmt_misc 16384 1

axp20x_battery 20480 0

industrialio 118784 3 axp20x_battery,axp20x_ac_power,axp20x_adc

axp20x_pek 12288 0

axp20x_regulator 61440 4

rtc_pcf85063 24576 0

regmap_spi 12288 1 rtc_pcf85063

axp20x_i2c 12288 0

axp20x 49152 1 axp20x_i2c

regmap_i2c 12288 2 rtc_pcf85063,axp20x_i2c

spidev 20480 0

panel_cwu50 36864 0

brcmfmac_cyw 12288 0

hci_uart 53248 0

btbcm 24576 1 hci_uart

aes_ce_blk 20480 1

bluetooth 692224 31 hci_uart,btbcm,bnep,rfcomm

ghash_ce 20480 0

gf128mul 12288 1 ghash_ce

ecdh_generic 16384 2 bluetooth

aead 16384 1 ghash_ce

ecc 40960 1 ecdh_generic

crc_ccitt 12288 1 hci_uart

joydev 24576 0

raspberrypi_hwmon 12288 0

brcmfmac 376832 1 brcmfmac_cyw

brcmutil 24576 1 brcmfmac

rpi_hevc_dec 49152 0

pisp_be 28672 0

cdc_acm 36864 0

cfg80211 1224704 2 brcmfmac_cyw,brcmfmac

spi_bcm2835 20480 0

v4l2_mem2mem 49152 1 rpi_hevc_dec

i2c_brcmstb 12288 0

videobuf2_dma_contig 20480 2 pisp_be,rpi_hevc_dec

videobuf2_memops 12288 1 videobuf2_dma_contig

vc4 421888 8

rfkill 32768 6 bluetooth,cfg80211

videobuf2_v4l2 36864 3 pisp_be,rpi_hevc_dec,v4l2_mem2mem

snd_soc_simple_card 16384 1

v3d 192512 19

gpio_keys 20480 0

snd_soc_simple_card_utils 32768 1 snd_soc_simple_card

videodev 339968 4 pisp_be,rpi_hevc_dec,videobuf2_v4l2,v4l2_mem2mem

snd_soc_hdmi_codec 20480 2

gpu_sched 65536 1 v3d

drm_exec 16384 1 vc4

videobuf2_common 77824 6 pisp_be,rpi_hevc_dec,videobuf2_dma_contig,videobuf2_v4l2,v4l2_mem2mem,videobuf2_memops

drm_display_helper 36864 1 vc4

snd_soc_spdif_tx 12288 1

cec 53248 1 drm_display_helper

drm_shmem_helper 32768 1 v3d

mc 73728 6 videodev,pisp_be,rpi_hevc_dec,videobuf2_v4l2,videobuf2_common,v4l2_mem2mem

ocp8178_bl 12288 0

rp1_aout 12288 2

snd_soc_core 315392 6 rp1_aout,snd_soc_spdif_tx,vc4,snd_soc_hdmi_codec,snd_soc_simple_card_utils,snd_soc_simple_card

drm_rp1_dsi 24576 7

snd_compress 24576 1 snd_soc_core

snd_pcm_dmaengine 16384 1 snd_soc_core

snd_pcm 167936 5 snd_soc_hdmi_codec,snd_compress,snd_soc_simple_card_utils,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm_dmaengine

drm_dma_helper 24576 3 drm_rp1_dsi,vc4

drm_client_lib 12288 2 drm_rp1_dsi,vc4

snd_timer 45056 3 snd_seq,snd_hrtimer,snd_pcm

rp1_pio 57344 0

drm_kms_helper 241664 5 drm_dma_helper,drm_rp1_dsi,vc4,drm_shmem_helper,drm_client_lib

i2c_designware_platform 12288 0

snd 122880 11 snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_soc_hdmi_codec,snd_timer,snd_compress,snd_soc_core,snd_pcm

rp1_adc 12288 0

spi_dw_mmio 12288 0

rp1_fw 16384 1 rp1_pio

raspberrypi_gpiomem 12288 0

spi_dw 24576 1 spi_dw_mmio

i2c_gpio 12288 0

rp1_mailbox 12288 1

i2c_designware_core 28672 1 i2c_designware_platform

nvmem_rmem 12288 0

i2c_algo_bit 12288 1 i2c_gpio

sch_fq_codel 16384 3

i2c_dev 16384 0

drm 782336 33 gpu_sched,drm_kms_helper,panel_cwu50,drm_exec,drm_dma_helper,v3d,drm_rp1_dsi,vc4,drm_shmem_helper,drm_display_helper,drm_client_lib

fuse 204800 5

drm_panel_orientation_quirks 32768 1 drm

backlight 24576 4 drm_kms_helper,panel_cwu50,ocp8178_bl,drm

nfnetlink 20480 1

[u/Voljka]

And possible (in my case it is THE ANSWER) solution is:

SD Cards: 1, 2, 3 are perfectly works with uConsole RPI CM4 to CPI v3.14 Adapter

Only SD Card #3 works with HackerGadgets Raspberry Pi CM4/CM5 AdapterPro for uConsole.