# Issues with Pironman 5: USB-C Power Behaviour & NVMe Drive Not Detected **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [November 29, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/issues-with-pironman-5-usb-c-power-behaviour-nvme-drive-not-detected/4068 "2025-11-29T16:52:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![daukadolt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7993a0/32.png) [@daukadolt](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/daukadolt)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/issues-with-pironman-5-usb-c-power-behaviour-nvme-drive-not-detected/4068/1 "2025-11-29T16:52:13Z")
Hi everyone, Apologies beforehand for a noob post. I realize this might be OS and/or hardware problem, but I thought this forum would be the closest “anchor” to reach out to. I recently bought a Pironman 5 case from Amazon (link: [https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D5CTRSQK](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D5CTRSQK)) and overall the setup works great, but I’m running into two problems I can’t figure out. #### Power via USB-C → Fans/Lights Stay On Even When Pi Is Off When I connect the Pironman 5 to power via USB-C, the fans and RGB lights keep running even when the Raspberry Pi 5 is shut down. Is this expected behaviour for the case, or is there a configuration I’m missing? #### NVMe (Lexar EQ790 1TB) Not Detected I installed a 1TB Lexar EQ790 ([https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DNMCJHJP](https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DNMCJHJP)) in the NVMe slot, but LibreELEC doesn’t detect it at all. Currently the only storage visible is the SD card — the NVMe drive doesn’t show up in the OS or in `lsblk`. ### **My Setup** - Raspberry Pi 5 (16GB) - OS: LibreELEC - Case: Pironman 5 - NVMe SSD: Lexar EQ790 1TB Has anyone seen similar issues? Do I need specific drivers, firmware updates, or a different OS for NVMe support in Pironman 5? Any help is appreciated, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![louyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cab0a1/32.png) [@louyo](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/louyo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/issues-with-pironman-5-usb-c-power-behaviour-nvme-drive-not-detected/4068/2 "2025-11-29T18:50:46Z")
I don’t have that brand but the board has a green led in the lower left corner with an amber (tiny) led above it. The green light comes on when power is applied and the little amber led blinks when the drive is reading/writing. Do you see these? Also, my drives show up when I run “sudo fdisk -l” in the terminal. /dev/nvme0n1p1 8192 1056767 1048576 512M c W95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/nvme0n1p2 1056768 181194751 180137984 85.9G 83 Linux /dev/nvme0n1p3 283592704 488396799 204804096 97.7G 83 Linux The tutorial will give you settings for the fan/light settings to turn off. Also give you a config.txt setting for running the nvme at gen3. One of my drives won’t work unless I use that setting, but I don’t remember if the green light came on. For the gen 3 and fan control, I add the following to my /boot/firmware/config.txt: [all] dtparam=pciex1\_gen=3 dtparam=fan\_temp0=35000 dtparam=fan\_temp0\_hyst=5000 dtparam=fan\_temp0\_speed=175 (you may not to run the fans that much). ---
**Author:** ![Spf650](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f05b48/32.png) [@Spf650](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/Spf650)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/issues-with-pironman-5-usb-c-power-behaviour-nvme-drive-not-detected/4068/3 "2025-11-29T18:52:36Z")
Librelec is compatible with the pi5, but not with pironman5 > [@Pironman 5 case and libreelec](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/pironman-5-case-and-libreelec/2240): > > is there any chance of getting support for the pironman 5 case into libreelec? libreelec does support docker. is there some way of using the dockerfile you supply to get support for the case into libreelec with that? thanx As that post was quite old, i did also check Sunfounders recent compatibility list, and librelec is still not listed ---
**Author:** ![parkay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c0e974/32.png) [@parkay](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/parkay)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/issues-with-pironman-5-usb-c-power-behaviour-nvme-drive-not-detected/4068/4 "2025-11-29T19:20:59Z")
> [@daukadolt](#): > > Power via USB-C → Fans/Lights Stay On Even When Pi Is Off i would presume that you need to boot on a sd card with the raspberry pi o/s and perform the ‘ **Configuring Shutdown to Deactivate GPIO Power’ step on the** [Setting Up on Raspberry Pi OS/Ubuntu/Kali Linux/Homebridge — SunFounder Pironman 5 documentation](https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/pironman5/en/latest/pironman5/set_up/set_up_rpi_os.html) page to get the case to power off. for the nvme drive, is the pcie cable connected properly? there doesn’t seem to be any way to get the other case functionality working in libreelec. the post quoted in the post previous to this one is mine. ---
**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:** [December 1, 2025, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/issues-with-pironman-5-usb-c-power-behaviour-nvme-drive-not-detected/4068/5 "2025-12-01T06:55:45Z")
1. The Raspberry Pi shuts down, but the fan/indicator light remains on? This indicates that you likely have not configured the shutdown process to deactivate GPIO power. [https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/pironman5/en/latest/pironman5/set\_up/set\_up\_rpi\_os.html#configuring-shutdown-to-deactivate-gpio-power](https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/pironman5/en/latest/pironman5/set_up/set_up_rpi_os.html#configuring-shutdown-to-deactivate-gpio-power) In our tutorial, we use the Raspberry Pi OS as an example and guide you through executing the `sudo raspi-config` command to configure a complete shutdown on the setup page. However, based on your description, you are using the LibreELEC system. Our Pironman5 case is not adapted for LibreELEC, so the Pironman5 software may be incompatible with LibreELEC. This could also be the cause of the issue. We recommend that you choose a compatible system to install the Pironman5 software. [https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/pironman5/en/latest/pironman5/install/install\_the\_os.html](https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/pironman5/en/latest/pironman5/install/install_the_os.html) 2. SSD not recognized? Please verify according to our FAQ solutions: [https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/pironman5/en/latest/pironman5/faq.html#nvme-pip-module-not-working](https://docs.sunfounder.com/projects/pironman5/en/latest/pironman5/faq.html#nvme-pip-module-not-working)