<![CDATA[I just hooked up my M5 core2 and started uploading tools etc and the screen switched off. Now it wont turn back on]]>i got it yesterday. i was slowly working out the nessesary files needed / checking port communication and the the screen went black.
It appears the unit is still seen by my pc.
Is it broken?

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/topic/7678/i-just-hooked-up-my-m5-core2-and-started-uploading-tools-etc-and-the-screen-switched-off-now-it-wont-turn-back-onRSS for NodeWed, 11 Mar 2026 16:38:56 GMTSat, 12 Jul 2025 08:02:09 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I just hooked up my M5 core2 and started uploading tools etc and the screen switched off. Now it wont turn back on on Mon, 14 Jul 2025 06:55:44 GMT]]>just load fresh firmware via M5Burner or easyloader demo version to check it out, I have Core basic which LCD stopped working few years ago after loading new project bizarre... but controller itself still works just I cant use screen

]]>https://community.m5stack.com/post/29480https://community.m5stack.com/post/29480Mon, 14 Jul 2025 06:55:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just hooked up my M5 core2 and started uploading tools etc and the screen switched off. Now it wont turn back on on Sun, 13 Jul 2025 07:27:05 GMT]]>@Poppa-Large Did you try erasing and writing the Core2 firmware and not the firmware for another different core?
Blank screen usually means you wrote the wrong firmware or you wrote some code that doesn't use the screen.

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