Raspberry pi screen just white after bootup?

April 29, 2024, 02:01

gimmedalyte

i just bought a 4b and the official 3.5in screen, when i boot it just shows up white

e_xie

you need drivers

e_xie

also since when was there an official 3.5 inch display

thunder07337

I've wondered the same thing, I only know the official 7" display

gimmedalyte

Ty

oops.se

No official Display needs drivers as it is a HDMI display.

oops.se

What kind of display, URL? And the white light is the backlight that you see.

e_xie

My bad I didn’t know it was hdmi

gimmedalyte

My fault its not official 😭

oops.se

And?

e_xie

aren't some 3.5 inch pi displays connected thru gpio pins?

oops.se

Yes and those are via a SPI or I2C interface.