# Editing the EEPROM disables my raspberry pi5 **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [March 25, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/editing-the-eeprom-disables-my-raspberry-pi5/2928 "2025-03-25T23:36:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![epruitt373](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e57/32.png) [@epruitt373](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/epruitt373)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/editing-the-eeprom-disables-my-raspberry-pi5/2928/1 "2025-03-25T23:36:41Z")
When doing this, I restart my rpi5 to check if the LED lights on the fans and if the fans turn off, this happens. The fans and lights turn off until the computer shuts down. the green light on the front of the pironman 5 turns from green to red and the fans and lights turn back on and i am unable to get the box going again unless i flash the eeprom which wipes my drive and I have to start over. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. This is apparently the first step you do when installing the pironman software on Ubuntu. [https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/pironman5/en/latest/set\_up/set\_up\_rpi\_os.html](https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/pironman5/en/latest/set_up/set_up_rpi_os.html) ## Configuring Shutdown to Deactivate GPIO Power[](https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/pironman5/en/latest/set_up/set_up_rpi_os.html#configuring-shutdown-to-deactivate-gpio-power) To prevent the OLED screen and RGB fans, powered by the Raspberry Pi GPIO, from remaining active post-shutdown, it’s essential to configure the Raspberry Pi for GPIO power deactivation. 1. Manually edit the `EEPROM` configuration file with this command: sudo rpi-eeprom-config -e Modify the `POWER_OFF_ON_HALT` setting in the file to `1`. For instance: BOOT\_UART=1 POWER\_OFF\_ON\_HALT=1 BOOT\_ORDER=0xf41 ---
**Author:** ![SunFounder\_Moderator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@SunFounder\_Moderator](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/SunFounder_Moderator)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 3:51am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/editing-the-eeprom-disables-my-raspberry-pi5/2928/2 "2025-03-26T03:51:11Z")
Are you using SSD to boot the system? If so, when you execute the sudo rpi-eeprom-config-e command configuration file, please only modify POWER\_OFF\_ON\_HALT=1 If you also modify BOOT\_ORDER to BOOT\_ORDER=0xf41, the command will disable booting from SSD. BOOT\_ORDER is the boot order of the system: 4 is to boot the system from USB; 1 is to boot the system from SD card; 6 is to boot the system from SSD. If you delete 6, it will disable SSD, which is why you cannot boot the system from SSD. Correct configuration shutdown to disable GPIO power: sudo rpi-eeprom-config -e: BOOT\_UART=1 POWER\_OFF\_ON\_HALT=1 BOOT\_ORDER=0xf416 ---
**Author:** ![epruitt373](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e57/32.png) [@epruitt373](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/epruitt373)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/editing-the-eeprom-disables-my-raspberry-pi5/2928/3 "2025-03-26T11:51:37Z")
this is the current configuration all] BOOT\_UART=1 BOOT\_ORDER=0xf461 NET\_INSTALL\_AT\_POWER\_ON=1 ---
**Author:** ![epruitt373](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e57/32.png) [@epruitt373](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/epruitt373)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/editing-the-eeprom-disables-my-raspberry-pi5/2928/4 "2025-03-26T12:01:52Z")
Your updated configuration corrected my issue. THank you so much for the quick response.