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

[shuot]

In fact it is not so cheap, at least not in the most current models of Mecool. With money applied in one of the M8S Pro L versions you can buy a Mibox 3, Nexus Player or Fire Tv quietly.

Official certification from Google has several advatnages. Exemple : Googlecast (Chromecast).

I also looked in this list and didn't find a lot of models based on S912. Several are based on the less powerful S905/S905X.

[shuot]

This is incredible, nan know how much these models cost, but I saw an interesting good (it was the only one I looked at). It says temperate from 0 ° C ~ 40 ° C. Will it?

Which one did you look?

[Novato]

This will barely surprise us, as it was more than obvious that they sell cheap alternatives of renowning brands (but still working excellent for the money!)

In fact it is not so cheap, at least not in the most current models of Mecool. With money applied in one of the M8S Pro L versions you can buy a Mibox 3, Nexus Player or Fire Tv quietly.

[Novato]

This list is pretty much interesting.

We can see that Mecool is not into, it's a kind of confirmation that their Android TV support is unofficial.

https://sites.google.com/view/droid-tv/oem

This is incredible, nan know how much these models cost, but I saw an interesting good (it was the only one I looked at). It says temperate from 0 ° C ~ 40 ° C. Will it?

[mirbg]

This will barely surprise us, as it was more than obvious that they sell cheap alternatives of renowning brands (but still working excellent for the money!)

[shuot]

This list is pretty much interesting.

We can see that Mecool is not into, it's a kind of confirmation that their Android TV support is unofficial.

https://sites.google.com/view/droid-tv/oem

[jebivetar]

IUK - I got my resistors for 10p each at my local Maplin (5p each now it is closing down )

Bay seems to be 99c for a module and 99c for 10 resistors

Non-fancy resistors are really 1c or less each, in quantities as small as 10, with reputable Asian vendors like Tayda or LCSC - so you're still getting gouged pretty hard. Both have reasonable shipping costs and the former has a $5 minimum order.

[P.X]

I get what you are saying.

UK - I got my resistors for 10p each at my local Maplin (5p each now it is closing down )

Bay seems to be 99c for a module and 99c for 10 resistors

You pays yer money and makes yer choice, as they say !

[jebivetar]

Where do you derive the power from?

Same places as for the other method, or if you don't want to solder anything, you could just strip a USB cable with a male connector, secure the red (5v/+) and black (gnd/-) wires to the buck/boost inputs and plug the USB cable into the board.

Or, if you don't want to use your USB slot, and don't want to use a USB hub, you can use any AC/DC converter you have lying around, or can find in the recycle bin - just snip off the connector and connect the wires to the module.

[clarkss12]

Well, you can't buy a single resistor anywhere, except maybe digikey or mouser where they'll rip you off 5000% for a single, and charge you $10 shipping. Then you need a soldering iron, solder, some skills, and a bunch of time.

Or, for the same price as the cheapest lot of resistors you can find, you can get an adjustable buck module, and be ready to go in 5 minutes with no additional speciality tools - and for twice that price you can get 5.

Where do you derive the power from?

[jebivetar]

Kinda still think a 10c resistor is easier, but maybe that is just me being really old school

Well, you can't buy a single resistor anywhere, except maybe digikey or mouser where they'll rip you off 5000% for a single, and charge you $10 shipping. Then you need a soldering iron, solder, some skills, and a bunch of time.

Or, for the same price as the cheapest lot of resistors you can find, you can get an adjustable buck module, and be ready to go in 5 minutes with no additional speciality tools - and for twice that price you can get 5.

[P.X]

Thanks that is great info so people can see what to do and choose ....

Kinda still think a 10c resistor is easier, but maybe that is just me being really old school

[jebivetar]

If you want to explain exactly how to use a buck converter that would be interesting for sure.

Buck converters, aka step down converters, take a higher voltage input and spit out a lower voltage output.

The ones I'm talking about are tiny little Chinese PCBs like so https://vgy.me/sSU5ID

The red one is adjustable via the tiny socket potentiometer which you can adjust with a tiny flat screwdriver; the other 2 are set to 5v.

There is a green one that's a tiny bit bigger than those 3 being sold by half a billion Chinese vendors all over the internet as cheap as 5 units for $2.

How to use is pretty self explanatory - connect your inputs and outputs and adjust the voltage. Lower voltage means slower fan speed. You don't really even need to solder for this particular application like you would a resistor, I suppose - you can just wrap your wires through the holes and secure them somehow, maybe with shrink tubing or hot glue or even electrical tape.

You can also get boost modules that take a lower voltage input and spit out a higher voltage output - or even buck/boost modules that do both like so http://www.easternvoltageresearch.co...20_640x385.jpg. With the latter you can even replace that shitty trimpot with a nice potentiometer and make a ghetto variable bench power supply for a few bucks https://vgy.me/orRpTn.jpg

[P.X]

Really ? I thought a single resistor was about as simple as it gets.

If you want to explain exactly how to use a buck converter that would be interesting for sure.

[jebivetar]

My unit still hasn't arrived - it's apparently cleared customs but tracking has gone dark. Likewise, my temp switches are probably a long way out but nice work, P.X., doing the testing legwork.

I did also end up grabbing that same HY910 thermal glue after I couldn't find anyone to sell me Arctic Alumina for a reasonable price.

Need resistor to slow fan if using preferred USB 5V switched supply
1W 33-62ohm (bigger is slower-quieter) - Item number 302258789669 ($0.99 for 10x try a note to seller to supply selection from range - select mid value for order)

I really wouldn't recommend this resistor solution to novices. I think using adjustable buck converters, available at 5 units for a few bucks from that popular auction site or your favorite Chinesium vendor, is much simpler, and a more useful item to have for other purposes.