Questions tagged [case]
Questions about cases for the Raspberry Pi
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To what extent will a Pi 5 fit in a Pi 2/3 case?
I am planning to replace a Pi 3B with a Pi 5, and am wondering if I can reuse the existing case, or what modifications are necessary. Any clues?
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Does the RPi 5 + Official Active Cooler fit in the official case?
Is this the best place to ask this? I figure it anyone knows, y'all would.
I want to experiment with LLM models running on the Pi, and figure the active cooler will be helpful. And since I've killed a ...
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How to control the speed of fan in Argon ONE (v2) Pi 4 case on Debian 64-bit?
On Raspberry Pi OS, the original Argon ONE (v2) Pi 4 script just works, link to GitHub:
curl https://download.argon40.com/argon1.sh | bash
On Debian 12 Bookworm 64-bit, however, it does not, by ...
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How do you attach the case fan on the Raspberry Pi 5?
I can see where I'm supposed to plug the fan cable but it's covered up and I'm scared to tug on it in case I break it. Is there some knack to opening it?
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Case for multiple different versions of pi
Firstly, I'm not building a cluster, but due to lack of space, I just want to put my Pis into one case where they can share power and ethernet (POE)
I currently have a Pi 3B and 4B with plans on ...
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will painting the case and applying stickers effect the cpu temperature?
I want to paint or add stickers to my raspi case so it'll be more colorful. Is it ok to do that? Does it affect the CPU heating up? What other things do I need to consider?
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Use Adafruit PiTFT as hat with Adafruit DS3231 in a case
I have a raspberry pi 3 A+ connected to an Adafruit PiTFT Plus 320x240 2.8" TFT + Capacitive Touchscreen and an Adafruit DS3231 Precision RTC Breakout for keeping time. Both are connected using ...
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Why did Pi-4's port layout change?
If you look at a Raspberry Pi 4 B from port side the side of the USB ports, it's a striking difference to previous B-models that USB block and ethernet jack have switched places.
To me this is a ...
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Best way to add a button to a RPI4 case
I need to add a single button (mostly for safe shutdown, but I'd also like to hook some scripts to run pre-shutdown) to my RPI 4 builds, however most RPI cases under $20 don't seem to have a place to ...
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Raspberry PI cooling
I have just recently got a Raspberry PI 4B with 8GB RAM and I am wondering how much cooling is necessary.
The usecase will be installing Arch Linux and using it as my daily driver, so it probably has ...
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I wan to connect Case fan and display using GPIO pins
I want to connect a display and Case with a fan on my RPi4B. However, I am not able to do so successfully because they commonly need GROUND and +5V pins which are right now used my 3.5 inch TFT ...
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Measurements for port placement
I'm going to design my own Pi 4 case because the existing cases I've found don't really meet my requirements. Where can I find complete measurements for port placement? At https://www.raspberrypi....
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Argon One case doesn't power RaspberryPi
So I have just unwrapped and installed my new Argon One case that I bought from a retailer over the internet. Everything went smooth... except it doesn't work. It just doesn't start up. When I press ...
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Will thermal paste help in cooling down the CPU of my Pi 4 even further?
I have the latest Raspberry Pi 4 (8gb edition), I'm using my Pi as a server to host a website, and to host a Discord bot that is being used in more than ~800 servers right now.
I overclocked my Pi, ...
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Is it possible my raspberry pi to melt its plastic case at 55° degrees?
I have simple question, since my raspberry is new and i don't know if its ok when its 100 % of the time at 55 degrees and basically my question is does my raspberry will melt the plastic case at this ...