Argon One V3 NVMe Raspberry Pi 5 Case

I bought the Argon One V3 NVMe case for the Raspberry Pi 5.
Looks like it is broken, but I think the assembly is still interesting enough for a video.

I like the Argone One case, because it has full size HDMI ports and you can add a M.2 2280 NVMe drive. But it's not the easiest case to assemble. Especially the PCIe connector and the screw to keep the NVMe drive in its place.

At the end you can see, that I connect a USB-C power supply, but the fan doesn't spin.
Hopefully the shop that I bought it from, will return a working replacement.

00:00 Intro
00:15 Unboxing
06:35 Size Comparison
07:00 Assembly
22:50 M.2 Drive Installation
29:55 Power Test

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[fmafieldmediaascension]

I could be wrong, but it looks like your NVMe drive wasn't fully seated. You have to insert it at an angle and apply a little pressure to get the connector fully inserted. You shouldn't see so much of the drive's connector side exposed. Either way, I hope you were able to figure everything out. 😊

[chrislee]

The four black domes are rubber feet for the bottom of the case.

[DavidHarvie]

Had a similar problem when I assembled mine. Tried both a Raspberry Pi 27W and 45 W USB-C power supply without success. The only way I was able to get it to work was to seat the power jumper on the always on settings.

[christiann]

I have no idea, but it worked fine for me. The fan and power manager also worked without any problems after installing the script. You can create your own temperature curve for the fan. I didn't have to make any changes to the config file either. This script did everything fully automatically.

[Beyondesp]

I got my case a few days ago, and i just put the device together last night and ran into the same issue where i plugged it in and no power on.

I am going to take it apart and try that fan test and if not ask them for help.

[ichicolco]

I too had the same issue of no power. Turns out the Argon 27watt supply can't power the V.3. When I swapped to a non-PD power supply, it booted right up. I'm betting there's something missing on the HDMI daughter board that responds to the PD signal lines.

[luigiprovencher]

I hope yours works better than mine. It worked fine at first with raspberry pi os but now it doesn't power down correctly and doesn't come on after the first button push. You have to push the button three or four times before it comes on.

[LDWilliams]

These are ALL the terminal commands taken from the two manuals - case and blstr DAC


reboot


reboot

Argon blstr DAC for raspberry pi OS

in terminal -

option 3
argon-config

reboot

For more info -



J. ARGON ONE V3 BASIC HARDWARE TEST

1. Connect the internal USB-C socket on the RP2040-Fan Board to a 5V Power Supply.
2. Press the Power ON Button.

3. This would initiate the internal FAN to RUN for 5 SECONDS and then STOP.

4. This would indicate that the RP2040 is able to communicate properly with the Power Button and the internal FAN and that the board is fully functional.



K. UPDATE ARGON ONE V3 FIRMWARE

1. Download in your PC or Raspberry Pi Computer the latest Argon ONE V3 Firmware from the link below:


2. PRESS and HOLD the Argon ONE V3 POWER BUTTON while you connect
internal USB-C with Data cable to your PC or Raspberry Pi computer.

3. This puts the RP2040 into USB mass storage device mode.
* PRESS AND HOLD POWER BUTTON and connect to pc

4. Then you can DRAG and DROP your LATEST compiled.uf2 firmware file to the USB mass storage device.

5. Eject device when completed

[willie]

You did not push the power button when doing the fan/hardware test. Obviously it will not turn on the fan.

[mysoundiicon]

My case did not start up as well. but i tested it and the fan started. btw the fan will run or run for 5 sex then stop. did some checking it looked to be the small board that was the problem cos no power was coming mail them and sending it back ..well am lazy so i try getting it to work again.. i removed the small board and stuck cable in to the power-in on the board and it made a click sound. and now i stared up. soo i think the problem for me was: the connection is new so it's tight. so make sure the power cable gets in all the way. However the raspberry pi did not start up right away after pressing the button . might just be cos it's a new case i also did firmware update and the code install..

[dynok.]

Hello, no fan on the CPU ?? it's a kind

[Perfboard]

The inside chip for the fan is so sick! Wish there was one for the orange pi 5 plus but the only good one is the official case 😢

[Ozymandi_as]

With the product already out of its packaging by 2'30", I can see this 30 minute video is probably going to be well over an hour long.

[dougrobson]

I've got no power on anything. Used voltmeter on IO pins and nothing. What's up with this model? Anybody get one working? Very discouraged!

[bbaker]

wow, you can't even align your camera correctly so we can see the whole device on the screen. Grip!

[JankoRudolf]

An excellent cringe video showing how not to do things... Sorry for being blunt, but it looks to me like you have no idea what you're doing 🤷‍♂

[srvuk]

Ouch. At $49 is does seem overkill and essentially devalues any Pi 5 purchase.

[OneZone]

Argon customer service refuses to refund or ship product. FAIL