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I copied the fan trick from danny_ice and I now get a maximum temperature reading of 51c even in the most intensive scenes, before the fan it would easily hit 80c and then start to throttle. This also includes popcornmix' overclocks.
Really chuffed, thanks.
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the_bo
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Is there way to have a small fan that will fit inside a case that maybe could be powered using the gpio pins?
Maybe have some setting that makes the fan start after certain temperature.
I suppose getting a flirc case be better option.
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After a few hours of hearing the newly installed fan on my pi 3 I'm starting to think this may not be the solution I want, I'm a little worried it might not be good for the pi and I just cant cope with the noise.
I've had a look around for a modulating solution and found a site called chilledpi which uses a controller board called picoboard, there is a script called ChilledPi.py and I wondered if I could implement this in someway. It allows the fan to be controlled dependant on temperature so would only be in use when needed.
If not then unfortunately the fan may have to go.
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Right i got my flirc case today, a 20min test of 1080p hevc and the temperature is hovering around 70c. With the fan it was around 60-65c. That is with the overclock settings below. The case has a black plastic cover attached to the top of it, i might try removing that to see if it makes any difference.
gpu_mem=320
gpu_mem_1024=320
disable_overscan=1
start_file=start.elf
fixup_file=fixup.dat
arm_freq=1350
gpu_freq=500
over_voltage=6
sdram_freq=600
over_voltage_sdram=5
sdram_schmoo=0x02000020
dtoverlay=sdtweak,overclock_50=100
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If it's not going much over 70C then it should be fine, no?
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yeah i think it should be okay, i just like messing with things
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(2016-03-15, 18:06)danny_ice Wrote: The case has a black plastic cover attached to the top of it, i might try removing that to see if it makes any difference.
Don't you mean the bottom? The metal part should be the top.
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I think he means the top lid, though I don't think it will realy make any significant difference. There are 4 clips that attach the lid to the main metal case, so you would get 4 small vent holes.