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I recently received my ouya, but after 10 minutes of play ( after updates) it just powered off. I flipped through the instructions and saw nothing on it, then powered up again.
This time it only lasted 3 minutes.
I felt my console and it is VERY warm to the touch, then I smelled it and I caught the stench of overheating electronics!
Is there a way to fix this or swap out my ouya?
Contacting supporting is your best option.
From my experience I leave my console idle for hours and it stays on.
It gets hot but not untouchable hot.
Yeah that's not normal. Make sure you don't have it too close to another piece of electronics that kicks out heat and also make sure it has adequate ventilation. Remember they had to add a fan so clearly these things get hot and the fan is needed, if the fan can't pull in air or can only pull in hot air you will have issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Christensen
Hadn't played my console in a day and just updated it now and it turned off on my after about ten minutes of playing.
Console isn't even hot.
That's worrying...Quote:
Originally Posted by mcnichoj
Do you know the cause? Did it just crash?
Booted up the system.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrunkPunk
Went to "Manage" to update.
Booted up Knightmare Tower.
Played a few launches. Turns off.
Booted it back up, play a few more launches and it turns off again.
Edit: Booted up third time played first stage of Polarity twice and browsed store and as you might have guessed, it turned off on me.
Yeah I am experiencing the same problem as well. Not sure if it has been doing this since day one or if it was due to that update that was applied a day ago but after playing bomb squad for probably less than an hour the console was almost hot enough to burn you when touched. Turned it off and waited for it to cool and tried again, same results. I know im playing a decent resource intensive app but still 1 hour and its almost ready to fry an egg should not be normal. At this rate the console will probably die due to heat within its first few months which is what im afraid of. Anyone else having these issues?
You manually turned yours off, you do not have the same problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by vferg
Why can it get that hot? After all we know it is a Tetra with no OC. Is that normal?
I was disappointed when I read that they had added a fan, since it's just another source of noise, and a potential failure point.
I also do not understand the cooling design. I'm assuming the cool air is drawn in from the bottom, but it has no place to escape from the top.
Seems like a bad design.
Anyway... have you tried running your Ouya on its side to give the fan better access to cool air?
I played for a few hours last night. The Ball. And it was not hot. And it had been on for like a week prior to that. Maybe yours is defective.
There is ventilation on the top too. It is definitely exclusively a malfunction because my fan broke off and I removed it (dev console) and played it just fine for weeks before requesting a new fan.
Darn, that is horrible news... Was kind of hoping mine wasnt the only one with this issue. Well thanks for the replies, now I know its normally not supposed to be that hot and will look into what may be causing it. Already submitted a help request with Ouya as well.
It has 4 vents in the top, along the edges. Of course, the fan isn't oriented towards the vents, the fan is sideways.Quote:
Originally Posted by MetalFlanger
Please let us know what reply you get from the Ouya support team + if you figure out what has caused the over-heating! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by vferg
The first day that I used it my USB thumb drive got really hot. The metal plug. But I don't think that it's happened since. I'll pay closer attention tonight.
Good to know, thanks. Couldn't see the top vents in any of the photos.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dreamzle
I still say facing the fan pretty much against the side of the console was a horrible design choice... The airflow is so restricted, I wouldn't be surprised if we had another PS3 blunder on our hands...
Tegra 3 works just fine without the fan enclosed in a phone or a tablet, so I wouldn't worry about it. If the device is overheating, then it might be a lemon.
But the T3 phones and tablets are ot overclocked (they are actually underclocked for increased longevity)
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I barely used my Ouya for like 30 minutes and it overheats fast super hot to the touch what can i do?
Tip it on it's side so that the power button is facing you... should improve overheating and controller lag at least a little bit... it did for mine.
I started using a laptop usb fan I bought in a 99p store around 2 years ago and decided to try it on the Ouya today. I can say it works pretty well and the Ouya doesnt get hot anymore
http://i1006.photobucket.com/albums/...psa914c138.jpg
Did you all know that small fan inside the OUYA didn't work at all?
Mine works fine. It only kicks on when the Ouya is really being pushed.Quote:
Originally Posted by newmessage
The fan is almost silent so it's quite easy to think it's not working, of course you might have a duff one.
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Originally Posted by Tchad Thai
You might want to remove the protecting layer from the top of the device. There are venting holes on the top too, it probably keeps them covered.
hmm I didnt know, thanks :DQuote:
Originally Posted by arm206
This is a great tip. Tried it and my Ouya now stays significantly cooler (not that I had any overheating issues though).Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake53
I got my Ouya yesterday and I noticed it was the heating up but than I noticed that I didnt remove the sticker cover on the bottom so I thought that will solve the issue, but after playing some emulators the emulatores actually slowed down and the ouya is super hot! that it was not comfortable to hold it in my hands, what can I do to reduce the heat, and how can I make the emulators go on normal speed for games ( n64, genesis, nds, snes ) all slow
You're welcome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tchad Thai
They are barley visible.
A fellow user miketrike posted some pics here:
http://ouyaforum.com/showthread.php?...ll=1#post39418