When Ashar VU2ESE posted sBitX I thought I'd give it a try.
First, I managed to find an RPi400 at the end of August.
I started with this. I bought an original 5V 3A USB-C power supply and a Samsung EVO Plus 64GB SD card.
Since the monitor I use for the PC also has an HDMI connector, that's why I use it.
When I turned it on for the first time, I also had 'No Signal' on the monitor, then I realized that the HDMI cable connector at the monitor was not properly connected. It was just plugged in but not making contact. I haven't used HDMI anywhere before.
The RPi400 4GB is identical to the RPi4 in terms of hardware. The difference is the built-in keyboard and the large cooling surface, which prevents the CPU from overheating. RPi OS can be loaded from SD card or SD card and SSD or only from SSD. I didn't want to change the EEPROM content, so I didn't do anything, just boot BerryBoot from the SD card and load the OS from the SSD.
So I can return to the default situation at any time, i.e. I can also load the OS from an SD card.
Since I read a lot about the subject, the current situation is: - I bought a USB3 hub with an external powered supply, to which a WD green 240GB SSD is connected.
I use BerryBoot but also tried PINN for a while - then went back to BB.
The point is that I have tried several OSes so far.
I installed sBitX based on install.txt, but without WM8731 and Si5351 it can't login. In the meantime, I'm familiarizing myself with the possibilities.
I strongly recommend the search options provided by Google, which provide links related to Raspberry.
You have advantages in understanding, I have to translate the text first.
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Gyula HA3HZ
