Purchased brand new Raspberry Pi 4 model B. Purchased brand new Sandisk Ultra micro SDXC 256gb card. Downloaded Ubuntu MATE hardware port 32-bit. Downloaded balenaEtcher. Flashed OS with no error notifications. Startup of Raspberry Pi does absolutely nothing. Static lights-no indication that anything is happening whatsoever.
This has been repeated a dozen times. Reformatted and Re-partitioned micro SD card a dozen times with Easus Partition Manager. Micro SD card works fine- successfully installed LibreELEC. Raspberry Pi 4 board powers up and functions fine.
The download indicated it could be installed on Raspberry Pi 3+ and have not seen anything indicating why this would not function on Raspberry Pi 4 unless I've looked in the wrong places.
So before I start trashing Etcher and Ubuntu MATE does someone know what I am doing wrong? Thanks.