LarkBox - SSD is very hot when PC turned off

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SSD TS512GMTS430S(BOOT Windows 10) is always live. The eMMC memory is clean, no partition.
The temperature range of the SSD after turning off the PC is 61-65 degrees Celsius (all the time).
Can I turn it off in the bios?
During normal Windows operation, the SSD reaches over 70 degrees Celsius.

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Only solution I’ve found is to unplug the charger from main… Otherwise always powered…

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You can pull the plug out and put it back in. Bravo Chuwi !!!
Do the SSDs mounted by Chuwi “work” the same?

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How do you measure the temperature? I see this in a few threads here where people are reporting how hot different parts of it are getting, but not how they arrive at those measurements.

Thanks

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  1. CPUID HWMonitor.
  2. Digital Infrared Thermometer.
  3. Finger - it is very hot a few hours after LarkBox has been turned off.
  4. The cover is unscrewed.
  5. I removed the M.2 SSD. I’m waiting for a new bios.
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I have a thermal issue, too.
In windows the fan starts at 52° while on linux (Mint) it’s always running.
With sudo systemctl start thermald I can have the fan stopped but then it never starts again so I have to use the command sudo systemctl stop --now thermald to have the fan spinning back.
I’ve tried to change the bios settings with no result.
The only thing I can do is to make a daemon that checks the temperature and starts the fan with the command sudo systemctl start/stop --now thermald according to the temperature.

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this is a result from the command sensors

iwlwifi_1-virtual-0
Adapter: Virtual device
temp1: +46.0°C

acpitz-acpi-0
Adapter: ACPI interface
temp1: +47.0°C (crit = +95.0°C)

coretemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Package id 0: +47.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 0: +47.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 1: +46.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 2: +46.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)
Core 3: +46.0°C (high = +105.0°C, crit = +105.0°C)

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I wrote to a very good laptop service. If they do the repairs, they’ll film it. I’m waiting for an email. They have a YT channel.

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…one thing that may help is to attach the metal mounting plate to the bottom of the LarkBox w/ the screws provided. The metal plate is intended for use as a mount to the back of a display, but I think the screws mate with the copper heat sink and will x-fer heat to the metal plate. The USB cords, etc. should also help shunt some of the heat away, as heat flows toward cool.

Best,
Rob