New Picade install - no screen

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curl https://get.pimoroni.com/picadehat | bash

Pi 4b powered with Red/Green lights… running fresh new install of RetroPie with all updates. modified the config.sys to set the following:

hdmi_safe=1
framebuffer_width=1024
framebuffer_height=768
hdmi_force_hotplug=1

Power button (blue with black button - 5 spades) - doesn’t work…

PicadeX LED light is on…
Video Board has a purple light on…
LCD Screen is blank.

Been trying all sorts of configs with a Pi5 and Recalbox with similar config changes.

Frustrated but delighted in how the Picade looks… will upgrade buttons and joystick eventually.

Please help

kind of screwed now… the LVDS connection broke on both the board and the screen… was checking all connections to make sure the were secure. I guess I have a $300 paperweight now.

both the gold connector on the screen and grey connector on the LVDS board fell off. probably too much fiddling to make it work. See attached.


Sorry to hear that - drop us an email at support@pimoroni.com with your order number and a link to this thread and we’ll do our best to help.

Received the new screen today… was very very careful with assmbling it. first thing that happened was the black holddown tab broke in half. Connecting to the gold connector on the lcd went ok but when I carefully removed the cable it completely broke in off.

This is the second monitor that you sent.

What can be done at this point? The rest of the kit is so well put together and feels completely solid and great… this one connector failed me twice. I have experience with electronic assemble and have build a a few Mame machines in the past. Are you developing another kit similar to the MAX that seems to have a much more robust HDMI connector.