# Picade 10 screen blank

**URL:** <https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-10-screen-blank/20252>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 10, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-10-screen-blank/20252 "2022-09-10T15:44:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@mikeh](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/mikeh)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-10-screen-blank/20252/1 "2022-09-10T15:44:55Z")

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Hi folks,

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 I’ve followed the instructions. On first power on I got nothing no lights or activity.

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I connected power directly to the pi and saw power and disk activity leds.

I realised the power button was upside down compared to the photos in the guide and guessed the led wires were wrong way around. So I disconnected the led wires and connected power across nc + no buttons. Hurrah, white led on picade x and purple led lit up on display board.

However the screen still blank. I’ve edited config.txt to hdmi\_force\_hotplug=1

Still nothing on screen and starting to lose willpower.

I’ve used the micro hdmi adaptor to connect the pi to a tv bypassing the display and can see retro pie startup screen though says no controller connected and pressing and holding any of the 10 buttons does nothing.

I’m at a loss. But at the moment the faults I think I have are.

1. Button shorts out picade x when led is attached correctly.
2. Screen is completely blank regardless of what I do.
3. Micro usb cable for power to display was missing (come on guys!) but lucky I had a short spare one.
4. None of the inputs seem to work, double checked wires are seated in picadex, so assuming something is wrong with the picade x board.

I’ll attach a couple of photos, I’ve removed the screws from bottom of pi so I could swing it out and disconnect the hdmi easier.

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**Author:** ![mikeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@mikeh](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/mikeh)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/picade-10-screen-blank/20252/2 "2022-09-12T09:11:42Z")

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