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@shootemupy2k I bought the Vilros clear case with the fan on Amazon. Overclocked my Pi 4 to 2100/750 CPU/GPU. Had it for over a year, even dropped it a few times. Never had a problem.

@nightbirdmedia said in Overclocked Raspberry pi 4 without throttling:

I still get the rainbow screen when I boot my pi so it's not getting enough power.

Rainbow on the whole screen on boot? This is normal and is just telling you the GPU has booted up successfully. If you are getting low voltage you would see a lightning bolt symbol in the upper left corner of your screen. If your power strip is good quality I dont suspect youll have any voltage issues.

@fretman - Yeah no problem, good luck with everything. It’s a fun project! :)

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll look around for a nice looking case with a quiet fan.

@suikodentir Care to share how exactly? It may help others in the future.

@andku85 there are a bunch of working solution already posted in this forum as @mitu already said - best way would be the officia l script from the case producer. You can search for multi switch script for another working solution but this needs some editing skills

I tried buying one and it kept saying my cart was empty when I would click the add button. I'll just have to wait for the next batch. Amazon needs a better system here.

Well... If it's hot outside it will still take the hot air in. If air goes out it needs to get in somewhere :)

But i agree, i would use it in exhaust mode too.

@cyperghost The output of my raspi-gpio get 3 was "level=0 fsel=0 func=INPUT", but if I put it in line 322 the Pi always turns off as soon as emulationstation loads, even if completely disconnected from the case.

However, I just realised something... the power socket on the MEGAPi case it's not just a cutout, like the HDMI port, but it has its own little board, I didn't notice until now, I just mindlessly plugged the power directly to the Pi, and that was the problem, the multi_switch.sh now works perfectly. Sorry for wasting your time :( (however, the fact that multiswitch086.sh almost worked without using the power board was in itself impressive).

As a partial way to make amends I'll correct an error on the installation instructions of the script:

Here you have to add a sudo before chmod, otherwise it gives you "permission denied"

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/crcerror/ES-generic-shutdown/master/multi_switch.sh && chmod +x multi_switch.sh

The Expansion Pack has been released on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3491239

Additional Details can be found here.

@danielmewhouse said in Alternative PS1 case:

don't forget to put something under the Pi to isolate from The metal case.

Use some spacers and for full heat dissipation fill the case with sunflower oil
Veggie-Pie

@emclinux thankyou I will give that a try tonight

Retroflag cases aren't compatible with the RPI4B but I would like to hear of someone who managed to make it work. I'm also interested if someone has integrated an RTC hat to fit in one of these cases.

@jabberwock101

i have a megapi case and can definitly reccomend it somthing to keep in mind before you splash out cash for a setup with one is when it comes to cooling the pi is mounted upside down in the case and unless you have a really low profile heatsink trying to fit a fan isnt possible as it will hit the heatsink when fitting....my friend found that one out the hard way :P

personally i think you can get away without a fan as my setup does not have one and ive yet to recieve any thermal throttling/heat warnings and i use my system for all sorts of things and it certanly didnt complain when it was compiling code for almost 2 hours non stop

@jamesnj Yes, I nice blob of epoxy would take care of that switch really quick. Just make sure it is ON when you do that!

I have just pushed an update for the ControlBlock driver. You can now connect a button to P2, "A": Pressing that button will lead to a simulated press of Start + B, as well as a keyboard button press of "F1".

Does this work for you?