thanks adamg.
TheCoolest suggested it might be my screensaver addon (I’m not using the default Kodi one). The popup doesn’t disable the screensaver, it overlays it. He also said it should only appear for a few seconds.
For now I disabled notifications. I’m not trigger happy anyway.
I think the official doesn’t have fan control for Vim3. Nightly I believe also fixed issues with some skipped frames in certain types of x265 videos. Other than this minor issue the nightlies are pretty solid for me.
@borza @JimmyS the on-demand governor changes have been reverted, will move configuration for this to the CE-settings addon at some point too.
thank you adam. I’ll try after next update.
Hello,
After the update to 20200302, the governor seems to be working correctly on vim3 and X96max S905x3 too. Good job!
Unfortunately on X96 the temperature reaches 82 Celsius after 40 minutes of 4k h265 / 60hz movie play due to the poor cooling and ventilation system, even in ondemand mode. In performance it heats up even faster. I do not think it will escape without a destructive intervention of the housing.
Thanks.
These new boxes are totally inadequately cooled. At 81c they are thermally throttling. They need active cooling.
Coreelec developers will not make special provision for badly designed boxes. The coreelec gold standard is the N2 which will stay at below 40c out of the box at maximum settings.
Shoog
Adding heatsinks like this without active cooling will get you nowhere. Find a four inch fan and solder a USB plug onto it and sit the box on top of it.
Shoog
I would disagree. Well, at least it depends on heatsink, but I dont think active is need for those… With correct ondemand Ive got max something like 52 (4k max, usualy around 48), and idling at 39-40 with passives.
Anyway, I wont comment this anymore here as its offtopic 
what would be the right topic? I remember seeing some pictures with radiators, but it was about N2…
You can create a topic under help&support - hardware. That’s a nice idea. People can post their solutions!
ok, give me an idea for the topic title? my English is not very good and I may not find the right one.
thanks.
suggestions: Custom Cooling Solutions with pictures.
I found a suitable one created by JimmyS, I will write there.
Moved to “DIY Thermal Modifications” topic
A good title is “DIY Thermal Modifications”. Use this to showcase the thermal mods.
Yes, and all temperature related posts from here should be moved to that thread.
My specific comment on passive cooling was in reference to the heatsinks shown. Given their size they would simply delay the point at which the chip reached thermal throttling. The N2 shows the sorrt of size of heatsink required. Retrofitting such a large heatsink would be challenging.
A 4inch fan with a hole cut in the case is an elegant silent solution. I got a drop of 25c with such a solution. Running the S905x3 with performances governor and overclocked graphics gives equal performance to the s922 but is only possible with additional cooling.
Shoog
No, these boxes don’t need active cooling. Several people modded their box and got nice results.
Usually a little adjustment to connect the SoC to the heatsink is enough.
A steel plate is not a heatsink.
Shoog