Pi Zero W - 700Mhz ?
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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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@trailjacker The pi Zero(W) should be clocked at 1000MHz stock. Put
arm_freq=1000in/boot.config.txt -
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 ? -
@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 -
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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