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Rock64's temperature while being in aluminium case - _zernok - 04-17-2019
Hello,
I am about to order from pine64 website these : 1 Rock64 4GB, 1 EU power supply, 1 heatsink and 1 "Model B" premium aluminium casing.
I wonder how the Rock64 is doing while being locked up that aluminium case as I don't see any openings. Is this casing effective at keeping the Rock64 cool (or not too warm ^^) ?
Anyone to shut my concerns down ?
Thanks a lot
RE: Rock64's temperature while being in aluminium case - rasputin - 06-20-2019
(04-17-2019, 01:29 PM)_zernok Wrote: Hello,
I am about to order from pine64 website these : 1 Rock64 4GB, 1 EU power supply, 1 heatsink and 1 "Model B" premium aluminium casing.
I wonder how the Rock64 is doing while being locked up that aluminium case as I don't see any openings. Is this casing effective at keeping the Rock64 cool (or not too warm ^^) ?
Anyone to shut my concerns down ?
Thanks a lot
Hi _zernok, hi forum!
I recently purchased a Rock64 (4GB version) and a "Modell B" Premium Aluminium Casing. I successfully installed DietPi (downloaded from https://dietpi.com/) on a 16GB eMMC. Unfortunately, the SBC crashes occasionally with a kernel panic.
I assume the cause is a thermal problem. I used the tool stress and could reproduce the failure. With low load, the Rock64 runs stable for days.
I tried to catch the kernel panic message, but I have currently no sufficient UART level converter at hand that is fast enough for the 3 Mbaud serial console of the Rock64 (only a CP2102-based one). This way, I hope to get some information which point to the root cause of the kernel panic.
The cover of the casing features a "L"-shaped "heatpipe" inside that attaches to the SOC and memory chip of the Rock64 via a thermal compound. Hence, there is no simple way to attach an additional heat sink to the Rock64 inside the casing.
Does anyone have/had the same problem and an idea how to fix this?
Thank you in advance!
Regards,
rasputin
RE: Rock64's temperature while being in aluminium case - tllim - 06-23-2019
(06-20-2019, 07:53 AM)rasputin Wrote:(04-17-2019, 01:29 PM)_zernok Wrote: Hello,
I am about to order from pine64 website these : 1 Rock64 4GB, 1 EU power supply, 1 heatsink and 1 "Model B" premium aluminium casing.
I wonder how the Rock64 is doing while being locked up that aluminium case as I don't see any openings. Is this casing effective at keeping the Rock64 cool (or not too warm ^^) ?
Anyone to shut my concerns down ?
Thanks a lot
Hi _zernok, hi forum!
I recently purchased a Rock64 (4GB version) and a "Modell B" Premium Aluminium Casing. I successfully installed DietPi (downloaded from https://dietpi.com/) on a 16GB eMMC. Unfortunately, the SBC crashes occasionally with a kernel panic.
I assume the cause is a thermal problem. I used the tool stress and could reproduce the failure. With low load, the Rock64 runs stable for days.
I tried to catch the kernel panic message, but I have currently no sufficient UART level converter at hand that is fast enough for the 3 Mbaud serial console of the Rock64 (only a CP2102-based one). This way, I hope to get some information which point to the root cause of the kernel panic.
The cover of the casing features a "L"-shaped "heatpipe" inside that attaches to the SOC and memory chip of the Rock64 via a thermal compound. Hence, there is no simple way to attach an additional heat sink to the Rock64 inside the casing.
Does anyone have/had the same problem and an idea how to fix this?
Thank you in advance!
Regards,
rasputin
with proper thermal compound on the L-shape heatpipe and ROCK64 SoC surface, the heat should be able distribute to whole Aluminum case.
RE: Rock64's temperature while being in aluminium case - rasputin - 06-23-2019
(06-23-2019, 12:46 AM)tllim Wrote: with proper thermal compound on the L-shape heatpipe and ROCK64 SoC surface, the heat should be able distribute to whole Aluminum case.
Hi tllim!
For a picture from my Rock64 inside its housing see here: https://pasteboard.co/IkKDeQI.jpg
You see: The thermal compound shipped with the casing is attached underneath the heatpipe.
I monitored the temperature when appling load to the SBC (running stress -c 4 -m -t 5m), and the temperature stayed well below 80°C.
The crashes I see may not be linked to a thermal problem. I opened a thread in the DietPi forum.
Regards, Jan