CM4 Fan or not?
# │foruma
appinteractive
04/19/2023, 8:58 PMAnyone suggestions about cooling the CM4s? Looking a a heatsink with fan right now but I’m unsure if it even would connect with its three pins to the four pin connector.
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B092PMY7RC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A187Y4UVM6ZA0X&th=1
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DhanOS
04/19/2023, 9:00 PMI cannot find if this fan is 5V or 12 V
DhanOS
04/19/2023, 9:01 PMThe connectors next to the nodes are 5V
DhanOS
04/19/2023, 9:01 PMThe other thing is CMs cannot control FAN speed, so they'll run at max speed
DhanOS
04/19/2023, 9:02 PMAlso, with CM4s, you don't really need active cooling. Passive coolers and some fan blowing air across the nodes will be sufficient
DhanOS
04/19/2023, 9:02 PMOk, one of the images says 5V, so these fans are 5V
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wilsonrighetti
04/19/2023, 9:05 PMfor that I recommend a honeywell table fan, awesome
https://www.target.com/p/honeywell-turbo-force-table-air-circulator-fan-black/-/A-11153539
wilsonrighetti
04/19/2023, 9:06 PMThe setup is nice ☺️🤣🤣🤣
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unamanic
04/19/2023, 11:43 PMI ended up going with 4 of these https://a.co/d/7p0Sq1R and one of these https://a.co/d/9EBM30B
The CM4s seem to top out at about 70 degrees under a stress test with the fan controller set to low speed when clocked at 2 Ghz.
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DhanOS
04/19/2023, 11:44 PMInteresting fan controller
DhanOS
04/19/2023, 11:44 PMI haven't seen these yet
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