Help Needed: Home Assistant Yellow Kit PoE + CM5 Not Powering On

Installation
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Hi everyone,

I recently purchased a Home Assistant (HA) Yellow Kit with PoE and CM5 from Seeed Studio, along with a 500GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe drive from Amazon. Following the installation guide on the HA website, I installed the CM5 with the heat sink as instructed.

However, when I power on the Yellow Kit with the CM5, the red LED light blinks for about one second and then goes dark. Here’s what I’ve tried so far:

  • Using a PoE Cat 5 cable with a PoE plus injector.
  • Using a 12V DC power adapter with a 2A output.

Unfortunately, neither method has worked, and I’m stuck. This is my first time setting up Home Assistant, so I might be missing something obvious.

Has anyone experienced a similar issue or have suggestions on what I might be doing wrong? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
Puneet

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Did you do step 6?

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I have not even got to Step 6. I am at the beginning steps of the process of assembling and powering up the device. “Step 3 Press recovery button and power up”.