I have a new Apollo. It works great for a few days then one of two things happen.
1. The fan stops completely and start smelling. I have to unplug and plug back in. Glad I?m around when that has happened because I fear it was heating up.
2. Fan speed jumps to full speed. Can?t log in to reboot. Have to unplug etc.
These happen regularly.
Glad I?ve been around in each case. Thoughts?
What mode are you running the miner in?
This is probably related to the MCU lockup issue we know about that can happen in a rare occasion. It should be fixed in the next update we are releasing soon.
I've just had number 1 happen for the first time in several weeks. Luckily happened to check on the Apollo, fan was off, very hot indeed (painful to the touch). Switched off and on again, front light wouldn't come back on (no boot?), left overnight and is fine this morning. Obviously did overheat significantly. Is this the MCU lockup?
(I'm running on Eco, everything auto, on a 200W Dell PSU brick)
Sounds like it. Probably will cut out some features for the next release to just get some bug fixes out quickly by the end of this week and hopefully resolve this.
Since the heatsink so so efficient even with no fan spinning the PCB does not get hot enough to kick in the passive protections and shutdown the regulator...while its very hot to the touch (near boiling temps) its still not hot enough to damage anything, so dont worry if it does happen to anyone else, just shut it down and wait 20-30 min for it to cool down and restart.