waldo wrote: > Hi, > most imprtant thing to do is update firmware when your Raspi arrives. > Mine was delivered 1 month ago and came with old firmware. Temperature > whilst idle was 74ºC (at 80ºC CPU starts throttling down). > After updating firmware temperature dropped to 62-64ºC in idle state. > Be careful not to confuse kernel update with firmware update, I've seen > many posters in forums updating the Kernel and complaining about > problems afterwards when only firmware update is needed for this. > This is what I did in my Pi 4 with Max2Play 2.52: > I followed the instructions from > http://www.geeks3d.com/20191101/raspberry-pi-4-new-firmware-reduces-power-consumption-and-boards-temperatures/: > $ sudo apt update > $ sudo apt upgrade > $ sudo apt install rpi-eeprom > Now, run the following command to check the status of the bootloader + > VL805 code: > $ sudo rpi-eeprom-update > And finally reboot > > Dont run "apt dist-upgrade" or "apt full-upgrade" since they will > upgrade important components like the kernel and may cause your Pi not > to work depending on the software installed.I thought the temperature > improvements were tied to kernel changes. Isn't the firmware only the bootloader?
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