Last week, I updated the FAN’s PWM frequency according to the fan’s specification, which caused the fan to make strange sounds.
The tests found that the GPIO library I used could not output such a large frequency.
I will use the new tool to refactor this part over the next two days.
It has been modified. Please update to the new version(0.14) via the following:
curl -sL
https://rock.sh/get-rockpi-sata| sudo -E bash -
Hello @setq
I tried to install the update but it doesn’t seem to be available for Raspbian 64-Bit version.
Would it be possible to allow this installation?
With the script that was previously available I can correctly perform the installation on this system
Currently I have SATA HAT and OMV running without errors on Raspbian 64 Bits since a few months.
Thank you very much for your time.
Thank you very much @setq
It seems that the upgrade process has begun correctly.
It only fail at this point that I don’t know if it’s relevant. I Attach the output of the process.
Regards.
It seems that there is a network problem, so the file is not downloaded completely. Please try again.
Thx @setq . The second try finished correctly without errors.
It was necessary to reboot the system after the update because the disks were recognized like new disks (/dev/sdX) and the raid was not operational because of the initial letter assignment
Regards
My unit now has a buzz when the bottom fan speeds up. Sounds something like it would if the fan blades were hitting something as they spin. The top fan has been replaced with a Noctua fan and seems fine.
It has also happened before then stopped for reasons unknown. But, now, when the software speeds up the fan the noise will be audible. At the slowest speed, there is some slight noise but when the fan speeds up to the next step it becomes very audible and an annoyance as the thing sits at my work desk. I also noticed that the original firmware was OK in this regard, it is after I updated the firmware the first time that I began to notice this issue.
I’ve thought of replacing the bottom fan…would anyone have the size of that one handy?
I have updated to the latest firmware as of today (Aug 6), no change. I have changed the rockpi-sata.conf fan temps to keep the thing quieter and still keep some temperature control:
lv0 = 45
lv1 = 49
lv2 = 52
lv3 = 55
Thanks for any tips you may have!
Maybe the fan is loose. Can you open the case and have a look?
The fan size is: 30307 mm
Thanks for the tips all. While the fan was a bit loose, even after tightening it makes a grating noise. I believe the fan itself has a problem. After looking, it seems a PWM fan this size can be hard to find. I’ll need to keep looking to replace the fan.
Hi there,
I use Raspotify to play music from the Pi.
I noticed that the coil whine noise once I start a song (once the 3.5 jack output is enabled).
I need to reboot to stop the noise.
Both fans are making this noise.
pigpiod v78
everything else up to date.
Please tell me if you need more info
EDIT : Well, adding -t 0 to the pigpiod ExecStart command fix the issue.
It forces pigpiod to use PWM clock instead of PCM clock by default.
EDIT2 : In fact, it broke the fan control as gpio.hardware_PWM has to use PCM clock
not to necro this however I’m trying to fix the fan noise as well, is the easiest solution to buy a noctura one?
The stock fan I got with my quad sata hat was also making a grating noise.
I bought the “Cooltek Silent Fan 4010” for 7euros.
And it works perfect. My nas is now very silent when not in use. When I’m copying over lots of files it does get a bit louder. But that is also due to my settings. I’d rather have it cool heavily then silent and overheat.
/etc/rockpi-sata.conf:
lv0 = 25
lv1 = 30
lv2 = 32
lv3 = 35
I did have to solder the connector of the old fan on to the new one cause the new connector did not fit.
