Overheating Mecool M8s Pro L and Pro + (and others ?) - Options ???

[clarkss12]

That's one of the good things about getting older. Reduce speed why (because of Noise? ) what noise? What did you say? 5volt fan let it RIP

What??? hahaha

[scooter2014]

That's one of the good things about getting older. Reduce speed why (because of Noise? ) what noise? What did you say? 5volt fan let it RIP

[clarkss12]

Clarkss12 any chance you could tell me what 1mm 60ohm i can use please. i have no idea what i am doing and just going by what i am reading. i went to the local radio shack at lunch but they are gone. a link on amazon would be great if you could. i ordered these fans: MakerFocus 2pcs Raspberry Pi DC Brushless Cooling Fan Heatsink Cooler Radiator Connector Separating One-to-Two Interface 3.3V 5V for Raspberry Pi 2/Pi 3/3B+ and Pi Zero/Zero W or Other Robot Project https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072FW3DDQ..._OCebBbQX018RA then i was going to solder them to the bottom of the board just need to confirm the correct spots. also what size wire do i need to extend the fan wires? Thanks for all everyone's help!

I ordered these from Radio Shack, but did not use them. I used 3 diodes in series. Each diode drops approximately .7 volts and does not affect the current like the resistors. You want to look for 1 watt if you can find them, the "1mm" you are looking for is a mistake, no such animal, you are looking for wattage, not mm.

15-Ohm 1/2-Watt 5% Carbon Film Resistor (5-Pack) $1.00
10-Ohm 1-Watt 5% Metal-Oxide Film Resistor (2-Pack) $1.00

I purchased my diodes from this place. https://www.adafruit.com/
Purchase details 1N4001 Diode - 10 pack $1.50
Shipping $4.55
Total $6.05

[helyblackstorm]

Firstly I thank everyone who posted on the topic with photos and videos teaching to put the fan on meecol ... after reading all the posts I decided to put a 30mm fan on my M8S Pro L With Remote.

Thanks to the knowledge of you I was able to do the welds and the results were excellent.

Mecool M8S Pro L No fan

Idle: 42 ° C
Youtube 4K: 61 ° C
Kodi, Antutu or Geekbench: 78 ° C Max monitoring on CPU Temp

Mecool M8S Pro L with 30mm fan

Idle: 32 ° C
Youtube 4K: 38 ° C
Kodi, Antutu or Geekbench: 47 ° C Max monitoring on CPU Temp

Ambient temperature: 27 ° C

I am very pleased with the result and once again thank you all.


Sorry bad english.

[LilSnoop40]

Clarkss12 any chance you could tell me what 1mm 60ohm i can use please. i have no idea what i am doing and just going by what i am reading. i went to the local radio shack at lunch but they are gone. a link on amazon would be great if you could. i ordered these fans: MakerFocus 2pcs Raspberry Pi DC Brushless Cooling Fan Heatsink Cooler Radiator Connector Separating One-to-Two Interface 3.3V 5V for Raspberry Pi 2/Pi 3/3B+ and Pi Zero/Zero W or Other Robot Project https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072FW3DDQ..._OCebBbQX018RA then i was going to solder them to the bottom of the board just need to confirm the correct spots. also what size wire do i need to extend the fan wires? Thanks for all everyone's help!

[clarkss12]

This is what I have done in preparation for the fans to arrive tomorrow:

Looks good....

[LilSnoop40]

This is what I have done in preparation for the fans to arrive tomorrow:

[mirbg]

Do you have any mods done to it? I am going to add the 30mm fan and 1mm resistor. As my runs around 150-180 idle to watching a movie.

In two days I am going to replace the original heatsink with 38x38x11,5mm Alu's one.
I have 15x15 heatsinks on RAM modules and the emmc chip.

[LilSnoop40]

Do you have any mods done to it? I am going to add the 30mm fan and 1mm resistor. As my runs around 150-180 idle to watching a movie.

[mirbg]

Mine does at 28C, full load with StressCPU after 2 Hours - 45C
4K/60P - 37C
1080P - 31-32C
720p - 29-30C

[LilSnoop40]

So what is the temperature idle and operational that you would want the box to operate at to be safe?

thanks

[LilSnoop40]

P.X can you confirm what I bought will work please. Below is the fan:

MakerFocus 2pcs Raspberry Pi DC Brushless Cooling Fan Heatsink Cooler Radiator Connector Separating One-to-Two Interface 3.3V 5V for Raspberry Pi 2/Pi 3/3B+ and Pi Zero/Zero W or Other Robot Project https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072FW3DDQ..._jB2aBbX07FEY7

Can you tell me what resistor I need I can pickup from the local store:

https://www.radioshack.com/pages/search-results?findify_limit=24&findify_q=1mm%20resistor%2033%20ohms

I thought you said you had used the 1mm resistor 33ohms but I see different ones and have no idea what I am looking at.

thank you

[LilSnoop40]

Thanks for all your help and answering of my questions. I will keep and eye on it!

[clarkss12]

Well that’s good would you say I don’t need to do anything to it, I just have it resting on it’s side.

thanks

Unless you are having freezes or reboots, I would not worry about it.

[LilSnoop40]

That temperature is while watching Gotham on Terrarium TV using my real-debrid account.