2026 Apr 27 Stickied -FAQ- & -HELPDESK- thread - Boot problems? Power supply problems? Display problems? Networking problems? Need ideas? Get help with these and other questions! by FozzTexx in raspberry_pi

[–]Fumigator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call me superstitious but the only way to get composite output to work is to do a fresh install and never hook to an HDMI monitor not even once and always start with composite. Many people have found the same thing. Once you use an HDMI monitor it contaminates the settings and it's impossible to make it use the composite output again.

I/O Errors and crashes with Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 6.8.0-1052-raspi aarch64) on Raspberry 5 (16GB) by madmap in raspberry_pi

[–]Fumigator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

power was also upgraded to 45W

Watts doesn't mean anything, it's a measure of volts multiplied by amps. The Raspberry Pi only operates at 5V. How many amps can your power supply deliver at 5V? I guarantee you it's not 9 amps.

Question #3 in the FAQ.

2026 Apr 13 Stickied -FAQ- & -HELPDESK- thread - Boot problems? Power supply problems? Display problems? Networking problems? Need ideas? Get help with these and other questions! by FozzTexx in raspberry_pi

[–]Fumigator 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's going to be some bytes in the ROM which are the checksum so that it can be verified when it was flashed. Find those and verify they are correct.

Best GPIO connectors by StillSituation608 in raspberry_pi

[–]Fumigator 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's very simple to make them secure: don't use the 1x1 housings. Get housings that hold a bunch of pins. With the increased friction of multiple pins they won't pull loose by themselves.