Read the statement by Michael Teeuw here.
Fan for Pi5???
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Good morning, Gurus!
How do you, guys cool your Raspi5?
I‘ve installed the „original raspi 5 fan“ which worked for a while (3-4 weeks) silently without any problem.
Yesterday in the afternoon fan becomes hearable - for whatever reason.In the meantime I‘ve identified how to adapt the speed of the fan (there are some dtoverlay parameters steering this) but it doesn’t help that much because if I toggle down speed to get the fan non disturbing the temperature is increasing fast to get nearly immediatly to ranges where I have to set speeds to cool „really“ to avoid damages in the system (+65 °C)…
Do you have a tip for „working“ hardware or have an idea how to „repair“ the existing fan?
- It isn‘t a funny or even cheap hobby to buy a new fan every few weeks … :-)
Thanks for any hint!
Warm regards,
Ralf -
@rkorell Mine is in a https://argon40.com/products/argon-one-v3-case-for-raspberry-pi-5 case, hidden behind the TV.
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@BKeyport OK, thanks!
- Have seen this somewhere sometimes …
I had to have the one with NVME - pretty expensive (for a pi-housing) and pretty big - I‘ve not that much space behind the mirror but will consider this as an alternative.
Keep you posted…
Regards,
Ralf
- Have seen this somewhere sometimes …
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@BKeyport - there are some reviews out there stating, that raspi 5 power supply isn’t capable to power this config sufficiently and that the temperature is about 70°C and fan is loud …
As you‘re recommending this I assume that his isn‘t the case in your installation (mentioned reviews are for the NVME housings…).
Is this assumption correct?Thanks,
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@rkorell i have 2 pi5 w the official fan. one w nvme hat and one without. both are silent after a year
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@rkorell that is a beast!!!
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@sdetweil :-) indeed ….
(Fits millimeter-exactly behind the mirror no more space left…)But seems to work.
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@rkorell I haven’t had any issues - it spreads the heat out much more than many of the setups, but it does work in keeping the system running without much noise. This is on a RasPi 5 that runs two mirrors - one with pages flipping all the time, the other showing camera feeds. Very process intensive. I got it initially because the pi was going to be visible - if I was going to use it in the config I have now, I’d likely go with something with a large heat sink and a quiet (Noctura?) fan.
