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   On 10/20/25 16:24, Daniel wrote:   
   > Daniel  writes:   
   >    
   >> Daniel James  writes:   
   >>   
   >>> On 20/10/2025 00:13, Daniel wrote:   
   >>>> I'm a bit turned off by the cooling fan next to the heat sync. Is that   
   >>>> fan absolutely necessary for users never intending on overclocking the   
   >>>> cpu?   
   >>>   
   >>> I don't know.   
   >>>   
   >>> The production laptop isn't expected to be available until late   
   >>> November/early December, so nobody really knows how well the cooling   
   >>> solution will work in practice.   
   >>>   
   >>> ... but if I had to guess ...   
   >>>   
   >>> It uses a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5, in a fairly confined space,   
   >>> so not much natural airflow. The general consensus of opinion is that   
   >>> a CM5 does need a fan unless its workload is trivial. I expect the   
   >>> laptop's fan won't come on until the temperature passes some   
   >>> threshhold (I have an Argon One case for a Pi4, and that has a fan   
   >>> that works in this way) but I would expect it to be necessary when the   
   >>> machine is under load.   
   >>   
   >> Thanks. I will wait until the device has hit the wild and await   
   >> reviews. I saw reviews already but it was tech youtubers who got a   
   >> preproduction model.   
   >>   
   >> I'd be interested in the keyboard quality. Can't be worse than the   
   >> pi400's.   
   >    
   > The argon 40 studio put up a youtube prototyping vid of the build. Nice   
   > rig.   
   >    
   > https://da.gd/4QK0N   
   >    
   > If you dont trust shortened url's, check youtube for   
   >    
   > Behind the Build: Prototyping the Argon ONE UP   
   >    
   > D   
      
   Thx, It looks as if they don't have a heat sync on the compute module. I    
   would have thought it made sense to use the aluminium case as a heat    
   sync rather than have a fan.   
      
   Any ideas why they would design it like that?   
      
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