Pi0W reaching 140°F

[YaBoiChris]

Recently I bought a pi0w and when I use a basic pi0w made OS it will reach temperatures of up to 140°F on the CPU. This definitely cannot be normal and I'd like to hear if anyone else has had the same problem of severe overheating?

Thanks, Chris

[jamesh]

That's only 60centigrade, so well within normal operating boundaries. The device will throttle if it hits 85C, which is very unlikely on a Pi0.

Pi's don't overheat, they get hot, but the firmware will ensure they don't overheat, by slowing down the CPU's.

[YaBoiChris]

That's only 60centigrade, so well within normal operating boundaries. The device will throttle if it hits 85C, which is very unlikely on a Pi0.

Pi's don't overheat, they get hot, but the firmware will ensure they don't overheat, by slowing down the CPU's.

Oh thats neat! Thanks so much for the clarification!!

[jamesh]

There's a few more details here

https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentati ... agement.md

[jahboater]

Also use:

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vcgencmd get_throttled

if it returns anything other than 0x0 its likely throttled (now, or since the last boot) due to over temperature or under voltage.
As JamesH said, very unlikely on a Pi Zero.