Raspberry Pi - booting up

Neil_Jones

Almost certainly going to be a power issue if the Pi doesn't do anything, it doesn't take much to upset a Pi if you try to power it from too flaky a source.  I'd take it off the USB power bank and use a mains supply in the first instance.

MinuteNoodles

5 metres HDMI cable is pushing it for even regular devices let alone a low power one like a Pi, even more so if it's a lower quality one.

dan958

I havent been reading all replies, but from what I can see, you cant tell if it isnt booting, or if you are not getting output?

Can you SSH into the pi?  I know when I first used Rasbian on an older Pi, I had to edit the config to enable HDMI.

Edit

/boot/config.txt

and make sure you have

hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_drive=2

thorganby

dan958 said:

I havent been reading all replies, but from what I can see, you cant tell if it isnt booting, or if you are not getting output?

Can you SSH into the pi?  I know when I first used Rasbian on an older Pi, I had to edit the config to enable HDMI.

Edit

/boot/config.txt

and make sure you have

hdmi_force_hotplug=1
hdmi_drive=2

That is way over his head.
He is obviously well out of his depth if he can't even get the Pi 4 starter kit that he has bought running, which actually contains a suitable PSU and HDMI cables!



Trying to run before he can walk, using a 5 metre HDMI cable is ridiculous when he could remotely connect over WiFi from a PC etc.