# Fixing uConsole power delivery limitations with CM5 **URL:** \ **Category:** uConsole\ **Created:** [August 10, 2025, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/fixing-uconsole-power-delivery-limitations-with-cm5/19119 "2025-08-10T18:05:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lanthar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/lanthar/32/11106_2.png) [@Lanthar](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Lanthar)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/fixing-uconsole-power-delivery-limitations-with-cm5/19119/21 "2025-11-14T15:56:16Z")
Have you resolved the issue of audible hissing from the speakers when the battery level is low? ---
**Author:** ![bored99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@bored99](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/bored99)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/fixing-uconsole-power-delivery-limitations-with-cm5/19119/22 "2025-11-15T07:49:09Z")
did you hand solder this? or with a heat gun? ---
**Author:** ![SilentByte](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/silentbyte/32/13492_2.png) [@SilentByte](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/SilentByte)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2025, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/fixing-uconsole-power-delivery-limitations-with-cm5/19119/23 "2025-11-15T19:43:33Z")
Nope. But there seems to be a workaround: [https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/cm5-speaker-static-got-you-down/19834?u=silentbyte](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/cm5-speaker-static-got-you-down/19834) ---
**Author:** ![bored99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@bored99](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/bored99)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2025, 5:23am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/fixing-uconsole-power-delivery-limitations-with-cm5/19119/24 "2025-11-30T05:23:51Z")
Did this replacement. I used a 6.3V 220uF 227J instead. it seems to work fine. Tried connecting and disconnecting a few external drives and devices… (directly on the uconsole). the keyboard did not seem to disconnect. Devices on my USB Bus 1. thumbdrive (on USBA - expansion board AIOv1) 2. USB A drawing power for my CM5 Fan (mainboard) 3. AIOv1 board with 1TB NVME attached on USBC connector 4. USBC connected to either Ethernet dongle or external SATA drive I used to experience period keyboard disconnection, which i can observe in the logs. don’t see this anymore. ---
**Author:** ![bigmtu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@bigmtu](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/bigmtu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2025, 3:28am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/fixing-uconsole-power-delivery-limitations-with-cm5/19119/25 "2025-12-04T03:28:36Z")
does anyone know if the latest hackergadgets upgrade board does anything to address these things? cc @vileer ---
**Author:** ![vileer](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/vileer/32/10337_2.png) [@vileer](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/vileer)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2025, 4:28am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/fixing-uconsole-power-delivery-limitations-with-cm5/19119/26 "2025-12-05T04:28:25Z")
No, I didn’t fix this issue in the upgrade kit. ---
**Author:** ![mattconn24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@mattconn24](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/mattconn24)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/fixing-uconsole-power-delivery-limitations-with-cm5/19119/27 "2026-07-09T13:30:23Z")
Ok so I replaced the C513 with [10PCS B 6.3V 220uF 227J Tantalum Capacitor B Type(3528) SMD 1210 | Surface Mount Tantalum Electrolytic Capacitor 3.2mm\*2.5mm: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific](https://a.co/d/09iZlbiK) and the keyboard and trackpad still lose power when I try to connect an esp32C board to the usb-A port. Any thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![mattconn24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6f9a4e/32.png) [@mattconn24](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/mattconn24)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2026, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/fixing-uconsole-power-delivery-limitations-with-cm5/19119/28 "2026-07-18T01:58:14Z")
Bumping… Sorry. Hoping to get some advice. ---
**Author:** ![AleReb](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forum.clockworkpi.com/alereb/32/12529_2.png) [@AleReb](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/AleReb)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/fixing-uconsole-power-delivery-limitations-with-cm5/19119/29 "2026-07-22T02:19:23Z")
you try have chargin your devise i just solder in paralells not reemplace give me more stable connection , have good batteries? i ussualy conect esp32 and other “arduinos” and dont givme problems may be can batteries [Previous page](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/fixing-uconsole-power-delivery-limitations-with-cm5/19119.md?page=1)