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Physical Keyboard
MicroUSB
regular HDMI
notification LED!
dedicated phone pickup and hangup buttons.
A better camera
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Camera. I'm in love with everything else, but the camera is weak.
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I'm not big on pictures so the camera is not that big of an issue to me. Although it would be nice to see someone port a new camera. But other then that I love everything there is to love about this phone. And I don't think for one minute that it was a bad idea to buy this phone.
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3 more hardware keys
IP69K rating...a man can dream
+ Stronger glass! (Mine is still OK, but I live in fear of it breaking, given how many reports there are on the various forums of people having this problem).
+ Sensibly priced accessories from Dell
Also agree strongly with:
+ Notification LED
+ Mini/micro USB (or any other standard plug) for charging/sync
i wish the hard button led's would stay on while i'm using the screen.
Built in visual voicemail. It's such a nice feature to have.
Nothing,mine is perfect.
Camera. Sad choice what they put in this device.
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Universal HDMI or usb connector.
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Universal HDMI or usb connector.
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Totally. I wish the Streak had an HDMI output that was pervasive for the entire device - as in what you see on screen is output over HDMI!
The other thing I wish the Streak had is physical buttons for Home, Menu and Back. Seriously, capacitive buttons suck ass. When my Streak is sat flat down on a desk, the capacitive buttons are terribly unresponsive. It seems like they require a complete circuit or something, because if I hold the device with one hand and touch the buttons with the other hand, they do NOTHING, whereas if I touch the metal backplate with one finger and the button with another finger, they respond instantly every time... I don't care about using the face buttons for turning on the screen, the power button is perfectly placed and recessed just the right amount IMO, just the face buttons really need to be physical!
Other than that, I freaking love the Streak! Perfect screen-size to portability ratio for me!
I can't remember who made the original post about difficulting connecting hdmi cable and controller to Xoom for video games and movie viewing I have discovered the best way to accomplish this is through use of the portfolio case. Simply slide the Xoom in upside down so all your connections are on top, if you notice in my picture the display is upside down on Xoom but everything is correctly automatically flipped upright on TV screen. Hope this helps.
Omg that's awesome. I didn't even think about doing that.
TY! Lol
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I've done that before too
Also not sure why the portfolio case blocks off the charge port when its closed!
but again, upside down in case allows access for the power to be in and the case closed.
I've been through 4 cables, and two xooms because of them. The first two cables just didnt work, and the third one a room mate tripped on and broke both the cable and the port on the xoom. Now last night I was watching tv on my xoom, and the casing for the cable just kinda fell apart. I tried fixing it by pushing it back together because I was at a friend's house and we were watching tosh.0, but it just made the contacts in the cable go all over the place. Now I'm afraid I may have busted this xoom too, because two of the contacts are stick out a little bit.
Sorry to hear about your bad luck. But I really like my HDMI cable for mine. But the only thing I dislike about it is that the sound out of my surround sound sucks.
yeah the sound quality can be iffy sometimes, that's on the xoom side though i think. Monoprice is replacing the cable again, I'm just super worried about the xoom. I bought it because of HDMI, it's a required feature for me.
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I've been through 4 cables, and two xooms because of them. The first two cables just didnt work, and the third one a room mate tripped on and broke both the cable and the port on the xoom. Now last night I was watching tv on my xoom, and the casing for the cable just kinda fell apart. I tried fixing it by pushing it back together because I was at a friend's house and we were watching tosh.0, but it just made the contacts in the cable go all over the place. Now I'm afraid I may have busted this xoom too, because two of the contacts are stick out a little bit.
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I recall reading your horror story about your friend"s room mate tripping over your cable. Sorry for such bad luck. But these things are delicate.
Really the fact that the dock doesn't include the mini HDMI is pitiful, and your situation is a perfect illustration of why that oversight needs to be fixed.
I'm using the original Motorola cable, and have not had any problems. Saying it should "Just go away" makes no sense, as there is no alternative that'll fit in the case of the Xoom.
I mean these stupid delicate ports need to go away. How is it that I've dropped my phone with micro USB cables plugged into it multiple times and both the port and the cables are still fine?
Also, how much did the moto cable cost, and how long is it
It's $20 and about 4 inches I think.
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4 feet? that...just seems useless, especially at 20 bucks. monoprice cables are USUALLY super high quality, i've been using their micro usb's forever with nothing like this happening. It's a 10 foot cable for 5 bucks, gold plated and all that.
I dunno. Two Xooms? And you've dropped your phone "multiple times"? Sounds like you might be a bit rough on this equipment.
No?
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4 feet? that...just seems useless, especially at 20 bucks. monoprice cables are USUALLY super high quality, i've been using their micro usb's forever with nothing like this happening. It's a 10 foot cable for 5 bucks, gold plated and all that.
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You've probably spent $20 on those 4 crappy cables. If you got the good cable to begin with, you wouldn't be in this situation. Cable has nothing to do with the port or how poorly you handle your devices.
Also, Micro USB != Micro HDMI
i purchased one, the others have been free replacements.
Not everyone can have their xoom in a forcefield with a mind control ui, so they never ever have to touch it or take it anywhere like you.
I'll also throw out there that my evo's hdmi port has been around longer and is still fine, so maybe it's just motorola that's screwing up.
Hi,first my English not good lol...now my question is i have a wifi xoom. And a Motorola Droid x HDMI cable,but when i try to see in TV i don't see anything what's wrong?
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Hi,first my English not good lol...now my question is i have a wifi xoom. And a Motorola Droid x HDMI cable,but when i try to see in TV i don't see anything what's wrong?
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I'm assuming you're talking about the Droid X. The DX's hdmi out is only supported within specific apps. It won't just "mirror" your droids' screen onto a TV like the Xoom does.
Youtube and the like use it as long as the cable is plugged into it. There are apps on the market that will accomplish this though. It's a limitation in the Droid X's hardware somewhere that does not allow simultaneous images, so the apps will just put it on your TV screen, which makes touching icons a guessing game.
Really? You have broken it that many times and its not your fault? I find that hard to believe. Take care of your stuff!
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Really? You have broken it that many times and its not your fault? I find that hard to believe. Take care of your stuff!
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MUFUKA YUU DUN KNO ME YU DUN NO WERE I CAM FRUM SHIIIIIIT.
No really though, I've got my genesis from my child hood, an immaculate dvd and blu-ray collection, my xoom has no scratches or anything on it, etc. I do take care of my stuff.
Hi all,
I have to say i really have no issues with the micro HDMI to HDMI cable at all but then i did buy the Motorola one which wasn't cheap but as usual you tend to get what you pay for in life. I connect mine straight to my monitors HDMI port and run Audio out from the monitor to my JBL powered sub woofer and 4 speakers i watch all my live and catch up TV and my downloaded US TV shows all in great quality and sound.
I also really don't get a lot of the complaints i see about the Xoom all over the place though as my screen is bright clear and sharp but then i have my screen brightness set to full and have Auto brightness disabled. I admit the one time i tried Auto brightness the screen was horrible so i just don't use it. I also don't see any lag or stutter but then i am using ADW EX as my launcher and with the Widgets and apps i use have everything i need on just one screen and for me the Xoom is working perfectly. I actually bought my Xoom as my desktop went nuts and i needed something quickly and for what i need it for the Xoom has totally replaced my desktop sure I'd like to see Moto give us Euro users updates faster and enable the SD card but for now i can afford to wait.
Marc
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Not everyone can have their xoom in a forcefield with a mind control ui, so they never ever have to touch it or take it anywhere like you.
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... or it could be that yes, you're just clumsy. I fly at least twice a week and my Xoom goes everywhere- the office, the home, the hotel (hell, it's with me in Mexico now) and I'm just not getting how you're managing to break the thing. When it's time to go I just toss it into my briefcase and go; no special handing necessary (except the gel case; perhaps you should get one?).
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... or it could be that yes, you're just clumsy. I fly at least twice a week and my Xoom goes everywhere- the office, the home, the hotel (hell, it's with me in Mexico now) and I'm just not getting how you're managing to break the thing. When it's time to go I just toss it into my briefcase and go; no special handing necessary (except the gel case; perhaps you should get one?).
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It's not my xoom that's breaking.
I got my fifth replacement cable in the mail yesterday and the port on the xoom is fine. however, like two other cables ive had, the micro hdmi end on it is flimsy and loses connection.
My first xoom broke because a friend's room mate tripped on the cable, ripping it on the xoom, and busting the port on it that way.
This is my second xoom, and my first one was faulty anyway in that it randomly rebooted and the charging light couldnt turn green.
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It's not my xoom that's breaking.
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Ah, then I misunderstood.
Hi,
I just received my Asus Transformer (32GB) today. Thought I'd give my thoughts on the defects that have been mentioned on the forum.
I'm really happy with my Transformer. The light bleed is minimal. At 100% brightness, I can see the lower left and the two spots along the bottom, but it's really not that distracting. I don't' notice it in dark scenes in movies.
No speaker issues - good balance, no pop (yet).
I started charging (and using at the same time) at 30%, and it took about two hours to charge to 100%. Charger does get pretty hot.
I updated to v3.1. But the little bit of playing I did before that was fine. Pretty responsive screen. Note, other people seem to indicate the default desktop is the active one with the glass? Mine came with a tree/hill static desktop.
Build Number: HMJ37.US_epad-8.4.4.5-20110527
I don't know if that's a software build or a hardware build on May 27, 2011?
Wi-fi is fast (1.3 mBps on one download). GPS and compass works great. MicroSD card works good. Plays movies OK, but I don't have any HD movies yet...play 350MB / 50 minute AVI's fine.
Slight plastic squeek on the left back side between the back and the bezel. No biggie.
Video capture from the back camera (5MP) better than I thought. I saw reviews where there were a lot of artifacts and skipping. No issues with this build.
Overall, really snappy! Only hiccup was at some point (after the 3.1 update, after I had installed and played a few games), I flipped the tablet around and the screen turn into the black screen with the Asus logo in the middle. Couldn't get it to go away until I push the power button. Touch screen didn't do anything. Who knows.
Every piece of technology has is glitches, some are minor while others can be maddening. Especially when you're on the cutting edge. Overall the TF is a very good product and I'm certain Asus will fix what it can. I've been a corporate buyer of Asus products since the early '90s and have always trusted their products.
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Every piece of technology has is glitches, some are minor while others can be maddening. Especially when you're on the cutting edge. .
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Well said.
Everyone is new to honeycomb and the hardware platform. One thing I have really started to understand is that there is no perfect device - everything has it's good and bad points. I'm am very happy with the TF overall because for my useage the good far outweighs the bad.
I don't really know when mine came off the manufacturing line. But, if mine is the latest off the line, maybe they're starting to work out the quality bugs? I hope.
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I don't really know when mine came off the manufacturing line. But, if mine is the latest off the line, maybe they're starting to work out the quality bugs? I hope.
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Same here. This is actually my second Transformer. The first one I got from Best Buy had a vertical line on panel 3/4 that would show up pretty often. Tried to return it to them for a replacement but they were out of stock (of course). Then I bought my second one at Newegg and returned the first. Second one has no defects. Screen, cameras, speakers all good. No light bleed. I get a little creak in the right bottom corner but that is only when picking it up one handed. I imagine that puts a little stress on the case considering the weight of the device and I probably shouldn't do so
My personal experience with the Transformer has been generally great, especially given the price they ask for it.
But, Honeycomb in all honesty leaves a lot to be desired.
It never made the best impression on me when I bought my Transformer, but this week I picked up a Samsung Galaxy S2 and using Android 2.3 on a new high-end phone has really highlighted for me how much room for improvement there is for Honeycomb.
Honeycomb looks pretty and has a well thought out layout, but the stability and usability need improvement. Sadly with ICS on the way we'll probably have to wait until the end of the year to have a tablet-optimized Android that works anywhere as well as Android does on phones.
Im also on my second one after getting it replaced due to light bleed... no big deal.
If only.... there had been plenty of stock when released, there were no light bleed issues, speaker balance, buggy o/s it would be perfect.
But I still think its better then an ipad due to the freedom it gives in customization.
And I love streaming movies using upnp on my home wifi from nas perfectly
Same here. Minimun light bleed, some speaker unbalance, but no cracking nor any other thing.
Mine came stock with the tree wallpaper, and I have the water and ice also avaible.
Pretty happy with it.
I'm on my third one.a little crack on the lefthand since but other than that it's fine. Been reading a comparison on the Samsung GT 10.1 forum and everybody says that GT10.1 is much better. Why? Because it has a flash? And no microsd
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Wi-fi is fast (1.3 mBps on one download).
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If i get under 25 i get depressed
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If i get under 25 i get depressed
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You get 25 megaBytes per second? That seems kinda two fast...maybe it's 25 megabits per second? My home wireless network usually tops out at 2.2 megaBytes per second.
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And I love streaming movies using upnp on my home wifi from nas perfectly
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Malandro, how are you streaming movies? I have an Asus router w/ USB port running tomato, and I can connect a USB HD to it for the UPNP. But, when I try playing large avi's, it tries to download the whole thing before playing it, so I haven't played any movies on it, figure it wasn't capable of streaming?
edit: what movie app are you using? Also, what does your network look like? Router w/ USB external HD also? Can you stream off of windows shares (SMB) files?
As for my personal experience, no big complaints here but I think the creak on the left side is unacceptable for a device costing 400€, and one that for me highlights the lack of quality control in the manufacturing stage...
Other than that this is a fine device but Honeycomb still has to evolve as a platform, and I wished developers would see the vast android user market as one to take advantage of.
i.e. Simultaneous releases on both iOS and Android would be nice
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...Charger does get pretty hot....
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I noticed that which direction you put the plug in makes a difference...since it can be plugged in both ways.
upside down gets warm....right side up not so much.
Right side up is looking at the plug like it's a face....the round hole on the bottom with the slots like they're eyes....and plug the TF plug in so you can read the ASUS when the plug goes in...
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I noticed that which direction you put the plug in makes a difference...since it can be plugged in both ways.
upside down gets warm....right side up not so much.
Right side up is looking at the plug like it's a face....the round hole on the bottom with the slots like they're eyes....and plug the TF plug in so you can read the ASUS when the plug goes in...
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I had mine plugged in right side up the other day and it got as hot as I ever noticed (very hot!). I only plug in right side up however.
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I noticed that which direction you put the plug in makes a difference...since it can be plugged in both ways.
upside down gets warm....right side up not so much.
Right side up is looking at the plug like it's a face....the round hole on the bottom with the slots like they're eyes....and plug the TF plug in so you can read the ASUS when the plug goes in...
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Interesting. I haven't come across that idea in the forums before. Basically, if the power strip was a face, you're putting the Asus tatoo on the forehead of the face
I'm charging mine now right side up, so we'll see. I forget which orientation I had it in last time.
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Interesting. I haven't come across that idea in the forums before. Basically, if the power strip was a face, you're putting the Asus tatoo on the forehead of the face
I'm charging mine now right side up, so we'll see. I forget which orientation I had it in last time.
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The main problem with upside down charger is the polarity. Some have reported minor shocks. I say minor because it charges at what 15 volts? I am an electrician and used to shocks so that much is hardly negligible to me, more of an annoyance. I think to get a decent one 24 volts or more would be necessary but that does depend on circumstance and other factors. Everyone's sensitivity to shock is different. Best to keep it plugged in correctly.
Bought mine from BB about a month ago. If there's light bleed I'd have to be in a completely dark room with a dark screen to tell. Seems like a good build. No speaker problems except total volume is low. No creaks. No screen separation. 3.1 honeycomb?.... it and the programs written for it still need some work. The new Sammy looked nice at the store. Nice enough to take mine back and pay more for less features? No. I like my TF. I'm keeping mine. Got the dock on the way....
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You get 25 megaBytes per second? That seems kinda two fast...maybe it's 25 megabits per second? My home wireless network usually tops out at 2.2 megaBytes per second.
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When your taking about download speeds why are you quoting '1.3 mBps' as bits everybody on the entire planet would think you're talking about bytes. it 25 bytes = 209715200 bits, give or take a few pancakes
We have virgin broadband at home and work, if i run an ADSL cable from the router direct to my laptop (no interference) at work i can scrape 32 megabytes
I certainly wouldn't be able to do my job at 2.2 megabytes!
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Interesting. I haven't come across that idea in the forums before. Basically, if the power strip was a face, you're putting the Asus tatoo on the forehead of the face
I'm charging mine now right side up, so we'll see. I forget which orientation I had it in last time.
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And also if it's backwards, the case gets a slight charge....if you touch it ever so lightly, you'll get a tingle.
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Interesting. I haven't come across that idea in the forums before. Basically, if the power strip was a face, you're putting the Asus tatoo on the forehead of the face
I'm charging mine now right side up, so we'll see. I forget which orientation I had it in last time.
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So, if the power strip is with the holes up (like the eyes on a face) the usb plug on the charger would be on the downside? or on the upside?
I stream my content using upnp, from an external hdd plugged into a router via usb, with buzz player (Paid app).
EDIT: Plex server for windows (Free) + Plex for android (Paid) also work pretty good.
Anyone thought about raising the ouya with a fanned base mount of some kind, and creating some vents in the top to make the case a little wind tunnel. I mean it's great the processor has a heat sink and fan, but all that heat still needs an escape. anyone already working on something like this, or have thoughts on it?
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Anyone thought about raising the ouya with a fanned base mount of some kind, and creating some vents in the top to make the case a little wind tunnel. I mean it's great the processor has a heat sink and fan, but all that heat still needs an escape. anyone already working on something like this, or have thoughts on it?
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Hey bwild... I just received my Ouya a few days ago and this was one of the many initial issues which i've noticed, especially when you launch a game and leave it sitting at the title screen for about 15 minutes. It heats up pretty well and if the ambient temp is 25c or higher then the little thing struggles to cool itself.
After opening mine up, i can see several points which cause me concern heat wise, and obviously the long term issues are potentially reducing the lifespan of the device as a whole.
1. Due to the size of the device internally, and the amount of air that the small fan can shift per minute and the lack of escape points for heat, the device warms up pretty quick as essentially the small cooler is just reusing warm air internally to try and cool the heatsink. There is no heat shielding on the inside of the case to isolate the board from the surrounding case so the entire device heats up but the only effective cooling part is the small heatsink. Its a REALLY bad design.
2. The mobo inside is mounted on its side, this forces the fan and heatsink to fire out warm air towards the vents at the top and the bottom of the case, well at least im sure they are 'Vents' . Im quite sure that this kind of heat build up and pressure makes it almost impossible to draw any kind of reasonably cooler air from the outside, inside. Any air being drawn in is already warm before it even hits the cooler. My Ouya does get noticeably warmer underneath the device but i also believe that this is due to the 4 small metal weights which sit right at the bottom of the case heating up as warm air is expelled downward from the heatsink... I'm thinking of removing these as they are acting as a small heater with cool air trying to enter the underside of the case. But i can test and let you know if theres any difference.
3. The unique shape of the Ouya doesnt help either i believe... Warm air being expelled downwards towards the bottom of the case, will naturally try and rise and move up the curved side of the case internally and then get drawn in by the cooler again, im no expert when it comes to these types of things but im pretty sure thats whats happening.
4. I've replaced the standard 40mm fan with an Akasa 40mm fan with slightly higher airflow rating (and a little more noise), Not sure if this again helps much due to the design but it should help to at least cool the device a little quicker once your return to the Ouya dashboard.
5. Something else that i noticed was that the heatsink is actually spread across what looks like the GPU and (What looks like) Memory Modules, i cant confirm this as it was a side on look and havent removed the heatsink (Yet). Again i noticed that the GPU sits on one half of the heatsink (the side which is closed to the bottom of the case actually) so im wandering if this heatsink is doing anything at all I'll see about removing this at some point and probably putting a highly polished copper shim on it with some better heat compound, silver or ceramic and see if this helps.
6. The underside of the motherboard, has no cooling or anything on there despite a memory module being present on the back but i dont think that this will cause any issues.
So will all of that in mind... i've set of to find a suitable cooler of some kind that wont require ear plugs or make the device levitate 2 inches from the surface its supposed to be sitting on.... Space is a real killer inside this so i think we are going to be limited to what can can do however i'll need to see if theres any way that i can change the airflow in the device to allow for cool air being drawn from underneath and the warm air being expelled from the top. Sounds simple but i dont think its going to be anything easy... Just by looking at the Ouya, i had the crazy idea of trying to mount a 80mm fan (Low Profile if such a thing exists) which has a low rpm which sits between the top of the case and the top lid where the power button is. There may be much pressure between the fan and top lid though so there would need to be some mods and see if i can get enough power.....
All of this sounds extreme for what it is but i hate warm devices
I came across this : http://www.ninjalane.com/reviews/motherboards/rampage3extreme/page4.aspx : which shows a small chipset cooler. This would allow you to mount is side ways with the fan obviously pointing towards the top of the case and flip the fan over so its draws air from underneath and out through the top. Its either something like that, or we start a watercooling ouya project LOL :highfive:
Well thats my 2c
I think the outside only gets warm because it metal if it were plastic no one would know.
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Ok.... Quick test there after work.
Removed the lid, played Shadowgun for about 30 minutes. Fan kicked in a couple of times, but when the fan kicked in for a 3rd time, I exited back to the dashboard and the fan stopped immediately.
Console was slightly cold to touch and the heatsink was roughly a little warmer to the touch so I'd say between 40 and 45c at the most. :thumbup:
Compared to last nights epic slaughter session on Shadow gun, the fan remained on for approximately 10 minutes with no system usage, just sitting at the dashboard as it tried to desperately cool itself.
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It's running a mobile cpu... won't it just throttle itself if it actually gets up to a dangerous temperature??
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I agree mate yes... however i'm not sure if it does actually throttle itself? On an enclosed mobile i can see why thats required, on an open, air cooled device (albeit poorly) there wouldnt really be a requirement for throttling, unless they know it couldnt cool itself properly there any way we know for sure?
That aside though, the device will still take some time to cool down even when throttled as it will still generate heat
Personally if i am playing a game at 1080p, i'd rather not have to suffer from reduced quality when the device throttles due to poor design!
I did notice as well initially when i had a really good session on Shadowgun, that the frame rate on a 1080 monitor was dropping below 30fps and the textures didnt quite look as crisp, so maybe it does throttle. If thats the case, i'll play it with the lid off until i can stop it from overheating and lowering the core frequencies :good: I'll make this a little project and see how cold i can get it to run.
If i make any changes that i think are working, i'll post a few pics :highfive:
Im going to picking up a mini-itx case so i can not only rectify the cooling issue when running my roms , but also to permanantly install a usb hub and hard drive internally. I am growing accustomed to using this for media too, so a hard drive is a must. I will post some pictures and video as I move along with it.
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Im going to picking up a mini-itx case so i can not only rectify the cooling issue when running my roms , but also to permanantly install a usb hub and hard drive internally. I am growing accustomed to using this for media too, so a hard drive is a must. I will post some pictures and video as I move along with it.
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played through shadow gun and the left over and the system stayed cool to the touch the fan did come on a few times
I stripped mine down again tonight and had a closer look at the PCB. Looks like the heatsink, which is soldered on, isnt flush. It rises slightly at the end where the CPU/GPU is so that's maybe why mines is a little warm. I can apply a little pressure to the high end and it does drop 1 maybe 2mm. So maybe my heatsink isn't as effective as it should be.
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Here is the simple rigging I came up with.
A 60mm case fan with some allen bolts for legs. Plugged into the ouya usb (I still need to split it so I don't loose a slot.)
The fan blows up through the bottom vents, I do intend to cut a couple extra slits in the top too.
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Thingiverse has the plans for the ouya and others have likely moded it for better air flow if you have a 3D printer.
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Thingiverse has the plans for the ouya and others have likely moded it for better air flow if you have a 3D printer.
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This is what I'd ultimately want to do I have a design in my head for incorporating the fan inside the bottom of the case raising the board by the equivalent height and adding in just a spacer with additional venting, between the case and top cover.
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Here is the simple rigging I came up with.
A 60mm case fan with some allen bolts for legs. Plugged into the ouya usb (I still need to split it so I don't loose a slot.)
The fan blows up through the bottom vents, I do intend to cut a couple extra slits in the top too.
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That's awesome mate!! :good: Do you get a noticeable difference with that fan?
it is noticeably cooler to the touch. I'll try to measure it somehow and update when I get a chance.
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So I picked up a dead sega dream cast at the flea market, got it home, gutted it, cleaned, and got most of it done. I was able to convert the sega push button power switch to a momentary and soldered the leads to the ouya main board. I hot glued the connection afterwords so it will stay (the power pins are tiny). I added two USB ports to the front and rear using a USB hub. I also mounted an hdmi coupler and m type power connector on the rear. I made a jumper cable to hook up power internally. I'm also looking into wiring up the stock dream cast cooling fan to use as side exhaust. I will update when i get the cooling sorted out. The point of doing this was to increase airflow in the case and make a more compact package for all of devices.
Ramzes13 said:
So I picked up a dead sega dream cast at the flea market, got it home, gutted it, cleaned, and got most of it done. I was able to convert the sega push button power switch to a momentary and soldered the leads to the ouya main board. I hot glued the connection afterwords so it will stay (the power pins are tiny). I added two USB ports to the front and rear using a USB hub. I also mounted an hdmi coupler and m type power connector on the rear. I made a jumper cable to hook up power internally. I'm also looking into wiring up the stock dream cast cooling fan to use as side exhaust. I will update when i get the cooling sorted out. The point of doing this was to increase airflow in the case and make a more compact package for all of devices.
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Pretty cool, I considered doing this as well with a dreamcast, but won't have a chance till I buy another OUYA specifically to mod. Looking at it, I have 2 concerns. Your USB hub is almost wasted, isn't it? I mean the majority of USB ports are inside the case, or am I missing something? What about heat? With the OUYA in the middle, close to the top, wont it cause more heat? or do you think the second fan will fix that?
Have you thought about anything to do with the lid/cd area?
JLCollier2005 said:
Pretty cool, I considered doing this as well with a dreamcast, but won't have a chance till I buy another OUYA specifically to mod. Looking at it, I have 2 concerns. Your USB hub is almost wasted, isn't it? I mean the majority of USB ports are inside the case, or am I missing something? What about heat? With the OUYA in the middle, close to the top, wont it cause more heat? or do you think the second fan will fix that?
Have you thought about anything to do with the lid/cd area?
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I wanted the majority of the USB ports internal for use with the front USB ports and to add internal storage. You are correct about the pcb location and I'm going to make small vents above the fan inside the cd area for air intake. As it sits now heat isn't in issue yet. I mounted the pcb near the stock fan location so once I have that working it can pull air out more efficiently. Using a dream cast was great, I wish I did this in my spare Nintendo 64, but I didn't have the security tool yet (ordered last night). The n64 cartridge slot makes an amazing air intake, I will more than likely do it when I pick up another ouya ?.
So I got around to wiring up the stock dream cast fan to maximize air flow and moved the led from the pcb to the lid of the console so now the light can be seen.
The first picture is with the cd tray open to show the vents I had to create since the CPU fan sits below. In both pics you can see the light now works. I ordered right angle USB adapters last night and will update when they are installed.
...and so nothing falls into the system or the fan ...