any ideas?
Sometime it fails to boot and crashes within seconds of turning on.
here's a crash log of an instance where it crashed during playback of a 1080p HEVC
https://paste.libreelec.tv/absolute-serval.log
Here's a regular log https://paste.libreelec.tv/casual-grub.log
More details: If I immediately turn it back on and it'll often fail as soon as I try to start playback of the video file Temp gun on the case only reads 99f so I don't think it's too hot. (geekworm aluminum heatsink case)
RPi5 frequently crashes while playing video (rarely while playing audio)
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fliz -
April 17, 2024 at 6:03 AM -
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How low does the voltage need to drop for that to happen? I'm using a linear 5v5a power supply using a LM338 regulator
it's pretty much this:
https://theorycircuit.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/5-Volt-5-amp-Voltage-Regulator-circuit.png
https://www.ti.com/lit/ds/symlink/lm338.pdf -
You have to make sure that the voltage stays well above 4.8V all the time.
If it drops below about 4.65V you'll see the undervoltage errors in the log, but USB devices and other stuff running from +5V may already started to work erratically at voltage above that - the minimum spec for USB and other +5V devices is typically 4.75V min.
See also the power supply section of the official RPi documentation https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/…ml#power-supply
Note that the current draw / power consumption is highly dynamic and you'll get issues if the voltage drop lasts for a few milliseconds or shorter. Also note that lots of power supplies don't cope well with those dynamic loads, it's essential that they have very fast regulation.
You have to hook up a scope to +5V/GND at the RPi PCB to check that, using a multimeter is useless as it's way too slow.
so long,
Hias
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Update: I got a PSU off amazon (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CQLNP9DZ?…product_details) and confirmed that the problems stopped.
I then cut the cable off of it and used that cable in my linear PSU and confirmed the problem was resolved. The issue was definitely the wire and USB-C connector I was using.
thanks everybody!