This post: https://superuser.com/questions/1811650/orangepi-zero-3-once-you-have-installed-and-booted-a-os-from-micro-sd-card-you-c

OP found out that their issue stemmed from the hardware publisher site not clearly or accurately indicating which OS images were compatible with their specific hardware, noted this, and listed the OS images they found that WERE compatible, as well as tips regarding the specific issues they had with some.

Yes, the answer was brief, but it seemed, to me, to contain a clear and likely correct answer to their problem.

This answer was deleted by a mod and converted to a comment, and I'm just wondering if there's some analysis I missed that explains why it is better as a comment than an answer.