03-14-2017, 06:33 PM
(03-14-2017, 12:22 AM)longsleep Wrote: May be the power supply is not sufficient for this and when HDMI is connected extra power is available through HDMI.
The HDMI spec specifies that this is to be a minimum of 55ma @ 5v (how much more than this is dependent on the manufacturer and device), so this indeed possible if the 5v pin is wired into the pine64's 5v line.