Banana pi m5 doesn't start (no leds)

BPI-M5/BPI-M2 Pro/BPI-M2S/BPI-CM4/BPI-CM5
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Hello,

I received some times ago a banana Pi M5, I followed a tutorial to load Armbian on the SD card (https://youtu.be/A4PflbMusSQ), I chose the correct board, everything seems fine. With the SD card on the M5, when a connect the USB C charger and the HDMI port on it, I have nothing on the screen, not a single leds ON (no red Led nothing). I contacted the after sale, they told me it was an issue with the boot on the SD. But even without the Boot I would expect a power led ON. (The USB C charger works fine with other devices) Is it really an issue with the configuration on the SD or an issue with the board?

Thanks, Clément

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Start here and follow help there: https://www.armbian.com/bananapi-m5/

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powering with PD capable PSU is not possible. It has to be dumb 5V

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Your USB charger might be the issue. I use this (5V, 3.4A) to power on three of my BPi-M5. No power issue so far. I don’t think they have it in Amazon US but there could be other similar products available.