Is it safe to overclock the CM4 to 2GHz using the default cooling solution of the uConsole?
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The general consensus is: yes, you may overclock. But it depends on the physical capacity of your module to support that. You may not need to punch a hole (or whatever) to install a custom heatsink, unless handling a >50ā chassis counts to you as scalding. Adjust according to a balance of your requirements and the capability of your module.
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I did, and there were zero results. It turns out that I mistyped and wrote āoverlockā instead of āoverclockā.
As you can see by the title of this thread, that also says āOverlockingā¦ā
Iām concerned about the screen with heat. I built the kernel, and the screen ended up with a strange marking (Iāve seen others show similar issues).
I run mine OCed on Kali with no issues so far. I have ran some pretty labor intensive progs for 8-10 hours and didnāt have any isssues. I believe my OC is at 2.2Ghz. possibly 2.3. i cant remember now. I also used copper shims/heatsink on the SOC then grizzly pads to the back case so YMMV.
I didnāt have any heat issues overclocked to 2.147, but all it did was drain my battery faster. I didnāt actually get any increased performance for any of the things I was using it for. Firefox and retro emulation are pretty comfortably done within the stock clock speed, and overclocking didnāt provide a noticeable difference.