# HyperPixel 4 with Touch on Pi4 4Gb don't display anything

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**Created:** [May 4, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-4-with-touch-on-pi4-4gb-dont-display-anything/17027 "2021-05-04T08:12:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![XybernetIQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de0a6/32.png) [@XybernetIQ](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/XybernetIQ)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-4-with-touch-on-pi4-4gb-dont-display-anything/17027/1 "2021-05-04T08:12:11Z")

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Hi!

First post here and my english is not something to write home about!

On the mentioned combo I installed a fresh Raspbian with desktop.  
I activated SPI in raspi-config, updated the OS then for HyperPixel4 Installation I used:

curl [https://get.pimoroni.com/hyperpixel4 1](https://get.pimoroni.com/hyperpixel4) | bash

as instructed on [https://learn.pimoroni.com/tutorial/sandyj/getting-started-with-hyperpixel-4 2](https://learn.pimoroni.com/tutorial/sandyj/getting-started-with-hyperpixel-4)

Then attached HyperPixel4 display, reboot but there is nothing shown on the display.  
Display backlighting is on and I use the combo headless.

systemctl shows as follows:  
sudo systemctl status hyperpixel4-init.service  
hyperpixel4-init.service - HyperPixel 4.0" LCD Display Initialization  
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/hyperpixel4-init.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)  
**Active: inactive (dead)** since Sat 2021-05-01 01:04:06 EEST; 7h ago  
Process: 317 ExecStart=/usr/bin/hyperpixel4-init (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)  
Main PID: 317 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)  
May 01 01:04:05 Siddeley-Hole systemd[1]: Starting HyperPixel 4.0" LCD Display Initialization…

May 01 01:04:06 Siddeley-Hole systemd[1]: hyperpixel4-init.service: Succeeded.  
May 01 01:04:06 Siddeley-Hole systemd[1]: Started HyperPixel 4.0" LCD Display Initialization.

journalctl -xe | grep hyper  
– Subject: A start job for unit hyperpixel4-init.service has begun execution  
– A start job for unit hyperpixel4-init.service has begun execution.  
May 01 01:04:06 Siddeley-Hole systemd[1]: hyperpixel4-init.service: Succeeded.  
– **The unit hyperpixel4-init.service has successfully entered the ‘dead’ state.**  
– Subject: A start job for unit hyperpixel4-init.service has finished successfully  
– A start job for unit hyperpixel4-init.service has finished successfully.

May 01 08:57:37 Siddeley-Hole sudo[885]: pi : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/home/pi ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/systemctl status hyperpixel4-init.service

I don’t know what to do next to see an image on the display.

Could you point me in the right direction, please? TY!

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**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-4-with-touch-on-pi4-4gb-dont-display-anything/17027/2 "2021-05-04T08:30:46Z")

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This is just a hunch, as I don’t own a Hyperpixel. The Hyperpixel doesn’t use SPI, not in the usual conventional way that other GPIO connected screens do. It uses all the pins and repurposes them, including the SPI pins. Maybe manually turning SPI on messed up the install?

[Hyperpixel4 at Raspberry Pi GPIO Pinout](https://pinout.xyz/pinout/hyperpixel4)

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**Author:** ![XybernetIQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de0a6/32.png) [@XybernetIQ](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/XybernetIQ)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-4-with-touch-on-pi4-4gb-dont-display-anything/17027/3 "2021-05-04T11:34:55Z")

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> [@XybernetIQ](#):
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> curl [https://get.pimoroni.com/hyperpixel4 1](https://get.pimoroni.com/hyperpixel4) | bash

Thank you for your reply!  
I ended up with another fresh install and this time everything works as expected!

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**Author:** ![alphanumeric](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/alphanumeric/32/2729_2.png) [@alphanumeric](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/alphanumeric)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2021, 12:02pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/hyperpixel-4-with-touch-on-pi4-4gb-dont-display-anything/17027/4 "2021-05-04T12:02:48Z")

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That’s good to hear. Now you can enjoy your new tech. =)