Hi,
In your experience when the Orion O6 has a low load, does the fan switch off altogether?
Or is it possible to configure the fan to switch off altogether under certain temperatures e.g. when the CPU is below 50C.
When idling, what temperatures do the O6’s sensors show?
Which temperature sensor(s) decide the fan speed?
Can you force the fan on/off via some Linux tool?
I guess if you just disconnect the fan altogether on the motherboard, the O6 will work OK, just that it will speed-throttle if the CPU would hit 80C.
To make the O6 develop less heat in the first place (and thus the CPU will throttle never or more rarely), is it possible to disable CPU cores number #5, #6, #7 and #8?
The TDP of the Cix CD8180 SoC is 30W. The RAM adds a few more watts. Comparing to other computers this is a relatively low wattage, so cooling and quite silent cooling should be quite easy to achieve.
It would be nice to learn how the throttling typically works - like grinding to a halt, or just down-clocking.
Thanks!