I have read the Boot Problems Sticky (Pi 4 / Pi 5 section) and followed the recommended diagnostics.
My Raspberry Pi 5 (8 GB) shows the following behavior:
Red/white screen appears at boot.
EEPROM recovery completes successfully (green screen shown).
Then the Pi always stalls:
green ACT LED blinks irregularly,
screen turns black,
ACT LED remains solid green.
No OS boots, including the latest Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit.
USB devices (keyboard) are never initialized.
Same behavior with different SD cards, USB drives, OS images, displays, HDMI ports, and with/without NVMe (board removed from case).
Based on my understanding of the Sticky, this seems to point to a board-level issue rather than a software or media problem. However, I may be missing or misinterpreting something.
Could someone (ideally from the Raspberry Pi Foundation) confirm whether there are any additional recovery steps or diagnostics I should try?
Thank you for your help.
My Raspberry Pi 5 (8 GB) shows the following behavior:
Red/white screen appears at boot.
EEPROM recovery completes successfully (green screen shown).
Then the Pi always stalls:
green ACT LED blinks irregularly,
screen turns black,
ACT LED remains solid green.
No OS boots, including the latest Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit.
USB devices (keyboard) are never initialized.
Same behavior with different SD cards, USB drives, OS images, displays, HDMI ports, and with/without NVMe (board removed from case).
Based on my understanding of the Sticky, this seems to point to a board-level issue rather than a software or media problem. However, I may be missing or misinterpreting something.
Could someone (ideally from the Raspberry Pi Foundation) confirm whether there are any additional recovery steps or diagnostics I should try?
Thank you for your help.
Statistics: Posted by comdarka — Tue Feb 24, 2026 8:52 pm