# uConsole working great with a CM5! Thanx Rex!
**URL:** https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-working-great-with-a-cm5-thanx-rex/15863
**Category:** uConsole
**Created:** [March 1, 2025, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-working-great-with-a-cm5-thanx-rex/15863 "2025-03-01T08:07:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@DRC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/DRC)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2025, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-working-great-with-a-cm5-thanx-rex/15863/1 "2025-03-01T08:07:26Z")
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### Author:  [@luqezr](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/luqezr)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2025, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-working-great-with-a-cm5-thanx-rex/15863/2 "2025-03-03T07:38:49Z")
Any recommendations or issues to keep in mind while installing/using a CM5?
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### Author:  [@DRC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/DRC)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2025, 7:47am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-working-great-with-a-cm5-thanx-rex/15863/3 "2025-03-03T07:47:03Z")
It was just a drop in for me, I used the stock thermal pad and the back cover for cooling and it seems to work fine. The audio works. It doesn’t always boot, you have to try 2 or 3 times sometimes and the Reboot feature doesn’t work. Other than that it is very fast and a lot of fun!
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### Author:  [@Aeger](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Aeger)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2025, 8:11am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-working-great-with-a-cm5-thanx-rex/15863/4 "2025-03-12T08:11:34Z")
Quick question, how does the battery life on the CM5 compare to the CM4? Thinking of doing an upgrade myself but having trouble finding data on this. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Kirou](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Kirou)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-working-great-with-a-cm5-thanx-rex/15863/5 "2025-03-12T09:52:28Z")
It goes down faster, especially at a low load. On the other hand, at full power it is less obvious.
With the cm4 I got about 5-6 hours of autonomy, but everything was slower. With the cm5 it’s rather 3-4 hours, but everything is much faster. And warmer 😁
Personally, I underclock it to maintain good autonomy, less heat and almost as much speed (the SD card becomes limiting afterwards, anyway):
gpu\_freq=600 (500 work well too)
arm\_freq=1800
I specify that I use it a lot for word processing, light 3D modelling and a little 2D play.
EDIT : And I forget! Good batteries must be used, which can draw 10A in instantaneous power to avoid low-load extinctions.
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### Author:  [@Aeger](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Aeger)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2025, 10:11am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-working-great-with-a-cm5-thanx-rex/15863/6 "2025-03-12T10:11:53Z")
Thanks for the detailed info! Personally, I’m just tired of the slow browser experience and the laggy YouTube playback so I think a downclocked CM5 sounds like the way to go.
Edit: In addition to the downclock, perhaps undervolting would be helpful too.
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### Author:  [@Roto](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Roto)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-working-great-with-a-cm5-thanx-rex/15863/7 "2025-03-31T22:49:03Z")
I was thinking about upgrading to a CM5 with the options of downclocking and undervolting. If you have any success, please share! Thinking of getting the 64GB eMMC version and just have an internal Micro SD from one of the expansion ports I have seen on here. I just want to make sure you can really save on battery life and still get somewhat better performance.
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### Author:  [@white-round-square](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/white-round-square)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2025, 11:15pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-working-great-with-a-cm5-thanx-rex/15863/8 "2025-03-31T23:15:25Z")
> [@Roto](#):
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> I just want to make sure you can really save on battery life and still get somewhat better performance.
As I understand you have ~same battery time on underclocked CM5 as on CM4
@Rex is using it this way and seems happy: [Bookworm 6.12.y for the uConsole and DevTerm - #163 by Rex](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/bookworm-6-12-y-for-the-uconsole-and-devterm/15847/163)
there are still some issues with CM5 _(software and extra heat)_, but overall people are very happy across this forum.
> [@Roto](#):
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> just have an internal Micro SD from one of the expansion ports I have seen on here.
that may be a bit hard to acquire afaik no one is selling them right now
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### Author:  [@Roto](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/Roto)
#### Post date: [April 1, 2025, 1:14am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-working-great-with-a-cm5-thanx-rex/15863/9 "2025-04-01T01:14:02Z")
Thank you for information bro!
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### Author:  [@white-round-square](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/white-round-square)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-working-great-with-a-cm5-thanx-rex/15863/10 "2025-04-02T14:58:38Z")
> [@Roto](#):
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> I was thinking about upgrading to a CM5
> [@Fixed my CM5 overheating problem with a riser and a thin thermal pad](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/fixed-my-cm5-overheating-problem-with-a-riser-and-a-thin-thermal-pad/15872):
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> We all know that the uconsole dissipates heat from the back of the handheld by going through a super thick thermal pad. I knew that the thermal pad was a bad idea but didn’t know how much (or how to solve it.) I found a device called a “CM4 Adapter, Interface Protection Adapter Board for Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 Lite/eMMC, Physical Protection for Frequent Plugging and Unplugging of CM4 Socket” (that’s the listing name on amazon) or " Protection Adapter Board for Raspberry Pi CM4, for frequ…
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### Author:  [@mnhc49](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/u/mnhc49)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2026, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.clockworkpi.com/t/uconsole-working-great-with-a-cm5-thanx-rex/15863/11 "2026-05-03T09:03:17Z")
Hey, is the cellular 4g works with cm5?