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    What overclock settings are you using on your Pi Zero?

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    • CoffeeOwl88C
      CoffeeOwl88
      last edited by

      I can't overclock my Raspberry Pi Zero at all without games freezing up on retropie. I tried the recommended overclock settings here on the website but my games freeze up randomly, no matter the emulator. What overclock settings are you guys using on your Zero W that work well?

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      • CrushC
        Crush @CoffeeOwl88
        last edited by Crush

        @coffeeowl88 said in What overclock settings are you using on your Pi Zero?:

        I tried the recommended overclock settings here on the website

        Which recommended settings are those? The ones from here?
        https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Overclocking/

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        • CoffeeOwl88C
          CoffeeOwl88 @Crush
          last edited by

          @crush Yes, I have tried

          arm_freq=1000
          gpu_freq=500
          core_freq=500
          sdram_freq=500
          sdram_schmoo=0x02000020
          over_voltage=6 (default)
          over_voltage_sdram=2

          and have also tried tweaking some of those variables around but haven't been able to get it working correctly. I don't need a massive overclock, just one that works.

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            tom526 @CoffeeOwl88
            last edited by

            @CoffeeOwl88 I know this is an old post, but I was also having the same issue.

            Changing the over_voltage to 2 is what solved it for me.

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