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Controller Board crashes after a while

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  • N Offline
    NyghtX
    last edited by Sep 27, 2021, 3:39 PM

    Hey! I really need help with the mirror I’m building. Its my girlfriends Birthday in just 4 days and I don’t have the time randomly ordering new Boards and Displays just to trial and error my way to a solution.

    I’m a Software Engineer so I had no trouble so far but I’m at a loss when it comes to this kind of hardware. So I orderer a “matching” Controller Board and a Display from Amazon.
    https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B07NVN714H/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
    https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0722PLC11/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    At first it looked like everything works fine but after a few minutes the board seems to crash. First theres a lot of stripes on the screen, the board turns out (indicating with the red LED) and powers on a few seconds later. After that it just takes about 30 seconds to crash again. At first I thought I might fix this by putting some heat sinks on the chip which gets really hot but it did not help. I trief contacting the vendor via amazon but they would not get me in contact with them and just gave me back my money.

    Heres a list of things I tried so far:

    • Adding heat sinks
    • Using the VGA Port
    • Another power supply

    I also tried finding the correct firmware files but none of the tutorials worked so far.

    I really hope someone can help me and if you need any more details I’m glad to give them to you, I just don’t know yet what exactly you need to know. Thats why I just add a few images of the board and the display. Also theres a video showing the problem.

    https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18xedRVrigcfCNQXeUdmjcvOgtMUPfP4_?usp=sharing

    Thank you :)

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      MMRIZE @NyghtX
      last edited by Sep 27, 2021, 3:51 PM

      @nyghtx
      I used the same hw with you,(in my case, controller is slightly different anyway)
      Most possible reason might be the physical connection is broken. Keep the cable plugging tightly.

      N 1 Reply Last reply Sep 27, 2021, 3:59 PM Reply Quote 1
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        NyghtX @MMRIZE
        last edited by Sep 27, 2021, 3:59 PM

        @mmrize Yeah I noticed that the cable is not really tight. I tried fixing it with some tape already :D

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          NyghtX
          last edited by Sep 27, 2021, 4:01 PM

          Also I just noticed that while crashing theres a high frequent squeeking sound.

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            ankonaskiff17 @NyghtX
            last edited by Sep 27, 2021, 4:04 PM

            @nyghtx You have the appropriate driver for screen installed on Pi? I know when I’ve bought screens that connect with ribbon cable I’ve had to install the correct driver to get it to work.

            N 1 Reply Last reply Sep 27, 2021, 4:10 PM Reply Quote 0
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              NyghtX @ankonaskiff17
              last edited by Sep 27, 2021, 4:10 PM

              @ankonaskiff17 It’s connected via HDMI with the Raspberry Pi 4.

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