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    Pi Zero W - 700Mhz ?

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      Trailjacker
      last edited by

      So I received a new Pi Zero W and started playing with it but noticed the clock speed seems to be 700MHz. I couldn't find anything on here but another site mentioned using :

      force_turbo=1

      Is that all i really need to do? It makes sense because the image is shared by the Pi 1 which is 700Mhz but I guess I assumed the CPU would be autodetected.

      Thank you

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        jonnykesh @Trailjacker
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        @trailjacker The pi Zero(W) should be clocked at 1000MHz stock. Put arm_freq=1000 in /boot.config.txt

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          barbudreadmon
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          That's weird.
          Iirc, Pi Zero should ignore arm_freq parameter because it's not overclockable. Also, force_turbo void warranty so it would be weird if it was the right way to run the Pi Zero at normal speed.
          Did you try updating the firmware ?

          FBNeo developer - github - forum

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            jonnykesh @barbudreadmon
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            @barbudreadmon Seems it was an issue with the firmware for the W. I had heard something vague about this a while ago.
            https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pi-zero-w-read-this-first/4117
            https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/new-pi-zero-w-only-working-0-70ghz/4109/12

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              Trailjacker
              last edited by

              Well, then I voided the warranty, I knew that in the back of my mind but didn't think about it so late at night. :( Luckily it's a $10 board.

              But being back in March, this was resolved in Raspbian according to the links but I had the issue on a new Pi Zero W the other day with the latest image of Retropie for Pi1/0.

              I'll have to remove the flag and see if it fixed it when I upgraded the sd card ( cant remember if i did it right before or right after, I was half distracted by Smallville reruns).

              Thank you

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