# Pironman 5 OLED not working

**URL:** <https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/pironman-5-oled-not-working/2079>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 5, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/pironman-5-oled-not-working/2079 "2024-12-05T20:42:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![karelh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@karelh](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/karelh)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/pironman-5-oled-not-working/2079/1 "2024-12-05T20:42:21Z")

</div>

![20241205_213649](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/sunfounder/original/2X/4/410836b3180d6ee90b79c74b13c56f98cc6d6926.jpeg)

My new Pironman 5 case with SSD and Raspberry OS (64bit), does not show anything else then scambled black / white.

I have reinstalled everything 3 times now.  
Followed the Pironman5 install guide.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![karelh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@karelh](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/karelh)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/pironman-5-oled-not-working/2079/2 "2024-12-05T20:54:51Z")

</div>

Logs:

24/12/05 20:57:51.676 [DEBUG] Initializing OLED  
24/12/05 20:57:51.744 [ERROR] argument 1 must be str, bytes or bytearray, not PosixPath  
24/12/05 20:57:51.744 [ERROR] Failed to initialize OLED  
24/12/05 20:57:51.757 [DEBUG] WS2812 initialized  
24/12/05 20:57:51.811 [INFO] PM Auto Start

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![vvidela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@vvidela](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/vvidela)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/pironman-5-oled-not-working/2079/3 "2024-12-05T22:23:31Z")

</div>

I have exactly the same issue. Followed the instructions, tested i2c … but the screen is displaying such as the above picture

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![danh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@danh](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/danh)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/pironman-5-oled-not-working/2079/4 "2024-12-05T22:33:06Z")

</div>

I’m having the exact same issue as above. OLED failed to initialize. Same error message.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 6, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/pironman-5-oled-not-working/2079/5 "2024-12-06T03:00:24Z")

</div>

The issue has been resolved. We recommend using the following commands to update the Pironman5 software again:

cd pironman5  
git pull  
sudo python3 install.py

After the update is successfully installed, please restart Pironman5 and check if its functions are operating normally. If you still encounter issues, we suggest reinstalling the operating system and then reinstalling the Pironman5 software.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![vvidela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e56c9b/32.png) [@vvidela](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/vvidela)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/pironman-5-oled-not-working/2079/6 "2024-12-06T07:10:46Z")

</div>

Thanks a lot. I did apply the git update, and the OLED screen is displaying correctly again. Nice! 😊

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![karelh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@karelh](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/karelh)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/pironman-5-oled-not-working/2079/7 "2024-12-06T08:25:35Z")

</div>

After writing my complaint, I reinstalled with Ubuntu on the Pi5 and the OLED screen worked immediately.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![danh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@danh](https://forum.sunfounder.com/u/danh)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/pironman-5-oled-not-working/2079/8 "2024-12-06T09:03:27Z")

</div>

Thank you, the update worked. The OLED screen is displaying correctly.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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 6, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.sunfounder.com/t/pironman-5-oled-not-working/2079/9 "2024-12-06T09:04:40Z")

</div>

We have now fixed the problem. Please update the pironman5 software again, and it should work properly.