diff --git a/monai/handlers/tensorboard_handlers.py b/monai/handlers/tensorboard_handlers.py
index 20e2d74c8c..0a69ccfaba 100644
--- a/monai/handlers/tensorboard_handlers.py
+++ b/monai/handlers/tensorboard_handlers.py
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ class TensorBoardHandler:
 
     def __init__(self, summary_writer: SummaryWriter | SummaryWriterX | None = None, log_dir: str = "./runs"):
         if summary_writer is None:
+            if SummaryWriter is None:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    "TensorBoardHandler requires tensorboard to be installed. "
+                    "Please install it with: pip install tensorboard"
+                )
             self._writer = SummaryWriter(log_dir=log_dir)
             self.internal_writer = True
         else:
diff --git a/monai/transforms/croppad/functional.py b/monai/transforms/croppad/functional.py
index 653db43bc5..572d01ea1d 100644
--- a/monai/transforms/croppad/functional.py
+++ b/monai/transforms/croppad/functional.py
@@ -96,12 +96,7 @@ def pad_nd(
         return _np_pad(img, pad_width=to_pad, mode=mode, **kwargs)
     try:
         _pad = _np_pad
-        if mode in {"constant", "reflect", "edge", "replicate", "wrap", "circular"} and img.dtype not in {
-            torch.int16,
-            torch.int64,
-            torch.bool,
-            torch.uint8,
-        }:
+        if mode in {"constant", "reflect", "edge", "replicate", "wrap", "circular"}:
             _pad = _pt_pad
         return _pad(img, pad_width=to_pad, mode=mode, **kwargs)
     except (ValueError, TypeError, RuntimeError) as err: