# Not able to login to Rpi4B+ after installing DietPi and no output from HDMI
**URL:** https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967
**Category:** Troubleshooting
**Created:** [15 November 2024 10:41 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967 "2024-11-15T10:41:32Z")
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### Author:  [@rajkumarpb](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/rajkumarpb)
#### Post date: [15 November 2024 10:41 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/1 "2024-11-15T10:41:32Z")
Hi all,
I used the official Rpi Bookworm OS and I can login to Rpi by connecting the HDMI to monitor and work. Also can connnect via SSH. Just wanted to try DietPi after reading. So installed the img and connected the SSD. Now if I try to connect the HDMI to monitor, it shows no signal.
So, installed Ubuntu Desktop and tried connecting to monitor and voila! it works. So looks like DietPi only is not having video output or is not booting properly?
Can someone help me out? I’m using 4B+ 4GB and Balena Etcher to write images. Downloaded image from [dietpi.com](http://dietpi.com) only. File name : DietPi\_RPi-ARMv8-Bookworm.img
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [15 November 2024 11:06 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/2 "2024-11-15T11:06:01Z")
pls try to connect via SSH and check display settings within `dietpi-config`
Actually, I have a demo RPi4B booting from SD card into a desktop without issues.
Did you try to boot from SD card or SSD directly?
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### Author:  [@rajkumarpb](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/rajkumarpb)
#### Post date: [15 November 2024 11:13 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/3 "2024-11-15T11:13:09Z")
Trying to boot from SSD. As I mentioned, I installed Ubuntu for testing and it works in both HDMI as well as SSH. But DietPi is not working in both monitor and SSH. Nothing is working.
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [15 November 2024 11:26 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/4 "2024-11-15T11:26:41Z")
just did another test. Download latest imaged and used Rufus to flash the image to a simple USB pen stick. My RPi4B is booting fine from USB, HDMI is working and the device is reachable on SSH.
> [@rajkumarpb](#):
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> DietPi is not working in both monitor and SSH.
I’m not able to replicate this
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### Author:  [@rajkumarpb](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/rajkumarpb)
#### Post date: [15 November 2024 11:50 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/5 "2024-11-15T11:50:41Z")
Does using SSD impacts the flow in DietPi? I am running the Rpios in SSD for last 6 months without any issues. Only with DietPi I’m facing such issues. Even tried with Ubuntu now and it boots without any issues.
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [15 November 2024 12:02 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/6 "2024-11-15T12:02:08Z")
How does the SSD has been connected. Usually this is working. We have a lot of users using SSD.
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### Author:  [@rajkumarpb](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/rajkumarpb)
#### Post date: [15 November 2024 12:04 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/7 "2024-11-15T12:04:25Z")
Connected the SSD through USB.
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [15 November 2024 12:29 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/8 "2024-11-15T12:29:12Z")
When you try to boot from a SSD, does the device display something like a flashing LED code?
And for testing purposes, can you try booting from a SD card and/or USB stick if available. Just to rule out a few issues. Unfortunately, I don’t have a SSD available in my lab.
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### Author:  [@Jappe](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Jappe)
#### Post date: [15 November 2024 17:16 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/9 "2024-11-15T17:16:01Z")
I boot from SSD with a powered USB-SATA-adapter. With unpowered adapters I always ran into issues.
Can you also assure that you picked the right image for your device?
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### Author:  [@rajkumarpb](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/rajkumarpb)
#### Post date: [15 November 2024 17:41 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/10 "2024-11-15T17:41:03Z")
Yes, I picked the right one. As I mentioned above, I tried other images like LibreELEC, Ubuntu and those work just fine with the same SSD. Only with DietPi I’m having this issues. Weird!
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [16 November 2024 08:55 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/11 "2024-11-16T08:55:22Z")
Did you tried booting of a USB pen stick or any other USB drive? How about using Rufus instead of BalenaEtcher?
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [16 November 2024 16:35 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/12 "2024-11-16T16:35:07Z")
Ok I got a simple passive NVMe enclosure from Amazon today. I installed a NVMe and used Rufus on my Windows PC to flash the DietPi image. Then connected the case to the RPi4B via USB port and the system started immediately.
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### Author:  [@rajkumarpb](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/rajkumarpb)
#### Post date: [16 November 2024 18:04 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/13 "2024-11-16T18:04:02Z")
Tried with USB Stick and it still doesn’t boot up. I’m all out of options so planned to go with Ubuntu Server for my Pi4 and it worked just fine in the very same SSD! I used SATA SSD with a enclosure and never faced such issues before.
Tried Rufus as well but still no luck!
Thanks all for your help guys.
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### Author:  [@Joulinar](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/Joulinar)
#### Post date: [16 November 2024 18:19 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/14 "2024-11-16T18:19:13Z")
Something that seems to be dedicated to your system as we have many users booting their system from USB.
Can you boot from SD card? If yes, can you verify USB boot has been enabled correctly?
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### Author:  [@system](https://dietpi.com/forum/u/system)
#### Post date: [14 May 2025 06:19 UTC](https://dietpi.com/forum/t/not-able-to-login-to-rpi4b-after-installing-dietpi-and-no-output-from-hdmi/21967/15 "2025-05-14T06:19:40Z")
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