[arm-allstar] Good deal on RPI3B plus

[Doug Kingston]

Given the power of the Pi is overkill for our processing needs in most
cases, is there a way to "under-clock" them to keep them running cook
without a fan?  Mechanical fans are another source of failure.

-Doug-

On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 10:45 AM "Doug Crompton via ARM-allstar" <
arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:

> The 3B+ definitely gets hotter. It must have heatsinks and preferably also
> a fan. Use the cpu_stats.sh to check temperature under load. A heatsink and
> fan are a must when using turbo mode.
>
>
> *73 Doug*
>
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>
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> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 1:32 PM "David McGough via ARM-allstar" <
> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>
> >
> > I, too, have had a *FEW* 3B+ units that seemed to want to "spontaneously
> > reboot," for no explainable reason. I put heatsinks on all my SoC chips
> > and power via stout 5v3a DC-DC converters. I've tried different kernels,
> > etc., nothing seemed to resolve this.
> >
> > One of these boards which always wanted to reboot every few days or so
> got
> > (inadvertently) sat in front of a muffin fan....Now 32 days have gone by
> > and no reboots or bad behavior at all.  Hum. Interesting.
> >
> >
> > 73, David KB4FXC
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 30 Aug 2018, "Sean McCarthy via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> >
> > > FWIW, I'm personally staying clear of the 3B+ units for the time
> being. I
> > > have tried several for Hamvoip nodes and all have exhibited undesirable
> > > behaviour. Of course this is only *my* experience, YMMV...
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 9:52 AM "James R. Pilgram via ARM-allstar" <
> > > arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > $34.49 and Free next day Fedex Shipping and they even ship these to
> > > > Hawaii next day free!
> > > >
> > > >
> > https://www.arrow.com/en/products/raspberrypi3b/raspberry-pi-foundation
> > > >
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