mat117 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 i make this post to ask why my orange pi zero reaches easy 85 degrees with a heatsink applied to it. It is placed in a big case. Maybe the temperature reading is wrong? i check temperature with " armbianmonitor -m and i get: Time CPU load %cpu %sys %usr %nice %io %irq CPU 09:28:26: 480MHz 0.55 28% 4% 23% 0% 0% 0% 86°C 09:28:31: 240MHz 0.51 28% 4% 23% 0% 0% 0% 86°C 09:28:36: 480MHz 0.54 28% 4% 23% 0% 0% 0% 86°C what can i do? I'm actually using the orange pi zero as a flight tracker, which is a very cpu and Wi-Fi intensive task, but i think that 86 degrees are too much!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladimir Gamalian Posted June 11, 2017 Share Posted June 11, 2017 Any chance to try to touch device with fingers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kutysam Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 well, a heatsink is to just spread heat out more evenly. It does NOT cool the device actively. If you place a heatsink in a case, that may not be a good solution. I suggest you to put a fan above it and see if it gets better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkaiser Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 3 hours ago, kutysam said: If you place a heatsink in a case, that may not be a good solution. That works surprisingly well even with zero airflow around. If you use the search function you'll find numbers. Wrt real topic: https://forum.armbian.com/index.php?/topic/4313-new-opi-zero-yet-another-high-temperature-issue/ (nobody uses search function here and nobody tries to nail the culprit down) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kutysam Posted June 12, 2017 Share Posted June 12, 2017 Based on personal experience, my device runs under 3 heatsink ( 2 for ram, 1 for cpu ), my country is humid and it hovers about 27 degree celcius. Temperature averages at around 50 deg under 30% constant load through motion software. But when it loads, it runs about 75 deg ++ without any fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat117 Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 It is always in full load... and i see that reaching theese temps is "normal". I can't cool it actively because the device is placed outside and water can't enter. How can i solve the problem? The case is a lot bigger than the orange pi, but closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kutysam Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 i have a new orange pi zero. its v1.4. temperature idle around 70 deg. ugh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Dovrtěl Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 The same problem.. Temperature on CPU is very much .. Any advice on the solution? 70.7°C on picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nopnop2002 Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 Try this https://github.com/nopnop2002/OrangePi-ZERO-FAN-HAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geotravel Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I have OPiZero v1.4 with kernel 4.13.5 and temperature and with small heat sink on CPU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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