On 04/03/18 09:19, druck wrote:
> On 03/03/2018 20:47, Big Bad Bob wrote:
>> you might want to purchase a heat sink for the CPU from one of the
>> many vendors that seem to have them... I've heard that RPi 3 can
>> overheat if you do too much for too long with it.  It's fine when
>> idling, or flipping I/O bits on/off on occasion, but if you're
>> number-crunching, consider a heat sink.
>
> A heat sink in an enclosed case wont help that much, but something like
> a pibow coupe case that exposes the heatsink makes a huge difference.
>
> ---druck
>
>

The cpu gets very hot within a few seconds of powering up and nothing
else connected as well as being help up in the fresh air.

I already have a pibow ninja case, where the top piece was raised up a
few millimeters to allow air through, so I'm not sure a heatsink would help.

Thanks for the suggestions tho'.

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