Questions tagged [overclocking]
Overclocking is a method of trying to operate a processor faster than the manufacturer-specified clock frequency. Use this tag for questions about how to overclock the Raspberry Pi.
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Bookworm Rpi3a+ running at 1.2GHz, cannot hit 1.4GHz
In previous version of RPI OSes it was easy to just put arm_freq=1500 overvoltage=6 into config.txt and system would overclock itself.... However i tried now do same now with Pi3a+ and it always stays ...
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Raspberry Pi 5 overclocking, multi core performance
I have several Raspberry Pi 5's with 8 GB of RAM, and am attempting to use them as payload computers to run some fairly intense software we've designed. I've overclocked them to 3 GHz without issue, ...
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Chromium keeps crashing on my overclocked Pi 4
I am using a Raspberry Pi 4, with 8GB of RAM. I have overclocked my Pi 4, with over_voltage=6, arm_freq=2000, and gpu_freq=750. However, I have been having a problem with running Chromium. Whenever I ...
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Overclocking Raspberry Pi after the device has booted
I using a Raspberry-Pi 3B+ device and I am trying to change the maximum frequency after the device has booted. From my understanding, this can be done by editing the files under /sys/devices/system/...
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Overclocking doesn't take effect on Raspberry Pi OS 64 bits
I have a RPi 4 8 GB, running lots of dockers, and I'm having a heavy use of my CPU and I would like to overclock it to 2 GHz but I can't, I have set the over voltage and arm_freq but it doesn't work, ...
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How to list all RPI frequencies' settings?
I've been playing with overclocking in the last 2 days. I'm helping myself with this list. Yesterday I came across a command which lists all of these parameters and the frequencies which are currently ...
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Setting precise voltage offsets with over_voltage
On the BCM2711, the base VCore was greatly lowered from previous processors, though the over_voltage setting still uses 0.025V increments. On my Pi 4, vcgencmd measure_volts returns 0.8563V when not ...
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How to get full UART safely on Pi4?
I need to use full UART. I was using dtoverlay=pi3-miniuart-bt to achieve this but the name suggests it's for pi3, I have pi4. Should I use miniuart-bt instead, or disable-bt as I would want to turn ...
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WiFi stops working on Raspberry Pi when SD card reader is overclocked
I'm having a very weird problem where if I overclock the SD card reader on my Pi 3B+ using dtoverlay=sdhost,overclock_50=100 the wireless stops working. Raspi-config says 'No wireless interface found'....
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up GPU proformance on pi 4
I have an overclocked pi4 running retro pie. I would like to boost the GPU performance.. Here are my overclock settings: #uncomment to overclock the arm. 700 MHz is the default. over_voltage=6 ...
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Will thermal paste help in cooling down the CPU of my Pi 4 even further?
I have the latest Raspberry Pi 4 (8gb edition), I'm using my Pi as a server to host a website, and to host a Discord bot that is being used in more than ~800 servers right now. I overclocked my Pi, ...
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Reason why RPi4 is unstable when oveclocking over 1500 MHz
I'm trying to OC my RPi4 to 2 GHz, but anything above 1.5 GHz seems to make my pi unstable and unusable. This is my config ... [pi4] # Enable DRM VC4 V3D driver on top of the dispmanx display stack ...
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Can not overclock RPi 4
I'm following this guide: https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/07/26/how-to-overclock-raspberry-pi-4/ And when I run the command vcgencmd get_config int | grep "arm\|over" it tells me that arm_freq=1400....
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How to overclock RPi 3 on Windows 10 ARM
I have an RPi3B running Windows 10 ARM (not scrappy IoT). I used WOA Deployer RPi to burn the image into SD card. I can boot into desktop, but the system is slow & laggy. When I looked up Task ...
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How to increase sampling rate on MCP3008 in python
I am trying to push the MCP3008 to its limits and sample as many samples as possible from a single channel per second. I am also not trying to have to write any C or assembly code, and keep it all as ...
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