Well I got it to display something, it isn't exactly what I want but I am just happy I got it to do something. I decided to try with the orangepi image from their website "Orangepizero3_1.0.2_ubuntu_jammy_desktop_xfce_linux6.1.31.img". I was going to share image from what it's displaying but for some reason I keep getting an error trying to upload. Basically it's showing the orangepi boot logo but then all messed up, it's all over the place. ------ edit got image to upload. ------

But if that were the case, simply leaving it powered off for a while and then turning it back on should fix it, but it doesn't. As I mentioned, I have to re-flash them from scratch with Android before I can reinstall Armbian. Additionally, the boards are completely exposed (out of the casing), with a heatsink on the SoC and proper ventilation. The power supply shouldn't be the issue either, as it is also fully ventilated.

posting output of : armbianmonitor -u Helps with support.

check you power supply and soc temps

Hello storz, I wonder if you ever managed to get this to work. I used to have this working, but not anymore, and I wonder if I can make it work again. I have an Anker A8312 USB-C to HDMI adapter (which, like all similar adapters, really does DisplayPort in Alt mode over USB-C, and from there converts to HDMI). I previously used this on my PBP with Armbian Focal, and it worked fine just so long as I ran GNOME on X.org, as opposed to Wayland. I was able to connect an external monitor via an HDMI cable, it showed up in the GNOME display settings, and I was able to use it as one would expect. I unfortunately have a hard time finding out the exact kernel version I used at the time, but I believe it was a 4.9 rockchip kernel. I recently reinstalled my PBP using Armbian Noble and apparently there's a kernel regression that causes the adapter to not be recognised anymore. On a 6.1 kernel (which is what shipped with Armbian Noble as it came out), the device is not recognised at all. On a 6.12 kernel (currently available via updates, at the time of writing), the device does show up in lsusb, but only as a "billboard device" which means that the device wasn't correctly switched into DP Alt mode and is thus unusable for connecting a screen. I am still on GNOME on X.org, I still use the same adapter, and I still connect to the same monitor with the same cable as before. So with all other variables being identical, I do strongly suspect this to be a kernel or perhaps a firmware issue. Perhaps you (or someone else) have any pointers that might help me move towards getting this working again. I'd be most grateful for those. Thanks! Cheers, Florian