Got my Pine 64 today

[taros]

The A64 is 15mm x 15mm, with clearance for up to 20mm x 20mm.

Anyone knows a place where they sell such heatsinks along with a way to stick to the SoC?

[Ghost]

The A64 is 15mm x 15mm, with clearance for up to 20mm x 20mm.

Anyone knows a place where they sell such heatsinks along with a way to stick to the SoC?

I got some off eBay in the UK, not sure where you're at. They have a thin adhesive layer that sticks it to the SoC.

[taros]

The A64 is 15mm x 15mm, with clearance for up to 20mm x 20mm.

Anyone knows a place where they sell such heatsinks along with a way to stick to the SoC?

I got some off eBay in the UK, not sure where you're at. They have a thin adhesive layer that sticks it to the SoC.

Most of those shops are located in China and deliver anywhere in the world.

Here is my try for some potential heatsinks:

1. 14mm x 14mm heatsinks, 20 pieces for $3.55 with self adhesive tape (no need for plaster)
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Ship...32259.html

2. 15mm x 15mm copper shims, 10 pieces for $1.99, can request thin/thick. Requires paste. I wonder if they can be stacked ;-)
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-10-pc...02004.html

[KryPtAlIvIaN]

I'm going to get heatsinks, as the board burnt the crap out of my hand yesterday lol. This could be because I was using it for gaming, which was pushing the board pretty hard.

[drag00n]

Tl lim, maybe it should be a must for this board... Have you taken into account that maybe it must be included on stock boards?

I'll try to measure temp over my board tomorrow... But as i said earlier, it burnt my finger [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY]

[tllim]

Tl lim, maybe it should be a must for this board... Have you taken into account that maybe it must be included on stock boards?

I'll try to measure temp over my board tomorrow... But as i said earlier, it burnt my finger [FACE WITH TEARS OF JOY]

I have run more than 10 boards in my labs and some boards run continuous more than a week, the temperate that I acquire always lower than 38 degree. I have touch the A64 chip and no one time burn my hand. Please advise on the SoC surface temperate that you have taken.
BTW, this SoC has thermal protection feature, and will reduce the operating speed if temperature goes too high.

[KryPtAlIvIaN]

The back of the board is much hotter than my cpu chip. Might check temp on that as well

[drag00n]

Will check when at home...

[patrickhwood]

These SoCs dissipate a lot of heat through the ground plane. I believe some require a solid ground plane layer on the board for thermal management.

[Xeonman]

I live in usa still waiting for mine i got the pine64+ 2gb top tier version. My question is i took alook at ur thumb nail pic and the link below pic on one of the forums and I noticed no power on switch ,How do you turn it on? Plug it in then it turns on? 


http://forum.pine64.org/archive/index.ph...d-367.html