Subj : Re: one up laptop To : All From : Chris Townley Date : Tue Oct 21 2025 18:05:27 On 21/10/2025 13:57, druck wrote: > On 20/10/2025 22:52, Chris Townley wrote: >> On 20/10/2025 21:29, Daniel wrote: >>> Chris Townley writes: >>>> I wouldn't trust anything from Argon40 again >>> >>> >>> What happened, if you don't mind my asking? >> >> I had an Argon One for a Pi4 - great, then when I bought a Pi5 I got >> their V3 plus the NVME connector. >> >> In principle it is great, but their software install is a pile of >> spaghetti shell script, and doesn?t really work, although I found an >> alternative that did. >> >> However their design is flawed, as it uses it's own board that filters >> out a lot of checks. Their support forum is carp - they just don't >> respond to anything. >> >> I did get it working, but enough grief for me! > > I didn't find any of that with the Argon One V5 for the Pi 5, maybe > because that has a less complex PCIe to NVNe interface. The software > install was very straight forward and it worked right out of the box. > > The full size HDMIs are very useful as are the front USB ports, and I've > got the optional OLED screen as it looks nice. It's also by far the > coolest running of my Pi 5's, with its large thermal mass the fan is > hardly ever on, even though it is sitting on top of a hot D6000 Display > Link box (almost identically sized) for my laptop. > > I've also got another Pi 5 in very neat and snaller Argon Neo NVMe case. > That does run a bit hotter than a Pi with the official cooler, but it is > in a semi enclosed area with other AV equipment, but again that just > works great. > > I bought both cases from The Pi Hut, and I'd recommend using them for > any support issues, rather than the Argon website, particular as it's > forum seems to have been taken over by spammers last year. > > ---druck Thanks, I do use Pi Hut, and they are excellent However I believe the ONE V3 is flawed in the way that everything is sealed in, and it overrides the Pi5 power management. Obviously opinions vary! -- Chris --- PyGate Linux v1.5 * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10) .