OLED Display Not Working

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I got a OLED display in a kit and it won't turn on no matter what. The wires are connect correctly and the power supply is five volts. I am using the GDA Adafruit library and the SSD1306 one. I've tried just about everything and I'm only asking for help as a last resort. Is my oled display broken or am I just doing something wrong?

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Did you, perchance, see something like this when you joined up, but decided it couldn't possibly help you? Without a schematic of how you've wired it, or your code(in code tags, please), or any link to "just about everything" (which must be a web site of possible solutions, maybe?) , what exactly are we to do for you?

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Prove the OLED will not turn on.
Prove the wires are connected correctly.
Prove the five volts power supply is 5 volts.
What is GDA?

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What program are you running to control the display? You should start with an example from you library.

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