Thank you all for supporting us through our Kickstarter campaign. As a small team, we’re doing our best to get everything done and to support everyone along the way.
This forum thread is here to help answer questions or clarify anything that may not be fully covered in our wiki( Argon ONE UP Resource Page | Argon 40 Wiki). Please note that we are continuously updating the wiki with new and relevant information as we go, so do check back regularly. We’ll also do our best to respond here where we can.
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Howdy! Is it possible to get debug output from the debug probe during boot to see what is happening?
I can get a Linux serial console through the UART on the GPIO adapter (14/15) and I also attached to the UART pads on the mainboard beside the CM5 mount. On both of these I can only get a Linux shell after booting Linux but I can’t see any earlier boot loader logs like you would see on the JST plug on a Pi 5B.
I’m trying to experiment with some non-Linux OSes on the board, OSes that work on Pi 5, but I need the boot logs to see what’s happening to troubleshoot. Thanks!
Hi, many thanks for that awesome Laptop , it surpassed my expectations big time !
I re-installed using gnome, all works smooth even have a battery percentage in the Task tray thx to the executor shell extension and a script : cat /dev/shm/upslog.txt | tail -n 1 | awk ‘{print $NF}’
What only worked once are the keys to change the display brightness. Since then the FN button does not do anything.
My questions is it possible to change the brightness via a shell command? The same for the Fan, is there a command to manually set the speed?
I actually did not need the fan a single time as of yet, the temperature never exceeds 46 degree celsius. THX.
Thanks so much for opening up the forum for ONE UP buyers, very useful!
I was wondering if a future production run is planned for retail sale as well, now that Kickstarter fulfillment seems to be underway? I know the timing is probably not great with current pricing issues between Raspberry Pi and other chips
The Argon One Up is amazing but one of its weaknesses seem to be the trackpad. I get a lot of “half clicks” with it where it seems to register the trackpad going down but not going back up. Also, possibly related to this, the trackpad clicks seem to take long to get an OS reaction (a mouse and mouse button clicks work exactly as expected). Is there a chance that this might be just a software issue instead of a hardware one. Right now using the trackpad is pretty frustrating for me.
Trackpad taps (not clicks) also seem to be registered correctly FWIIW. Only actual clicks seem to have issues.
Thanks! FWIW, I found what I needed in those linked posts. You can add the following to config.txt to allow early boot logs on UART to pass through to pins 14/15 on the GPIO module. The second line is important.
We completed an initial production run of 2,000 units. Some of these units are allocated to reseller pre-orders, and a limited quantity will be available on our website after all Kickstarter orders have been fulfilled.
Future production runs will depend largely on demand, but we are optimistic that there will be additional runs before the release of the CM6.
Good grief I’m super impressed with your work! All worked out the box first time with no issues at all.
For me, it does seem to be a bit sensitive on WiFi, was getting a good 150Mb next to the router but in my study it tanks to 10Mb where other devices are OK. I made sure not to ground the antenna but if anyone has any tips or other things to check, that would be great. Plugged into the LAN, it screams along!
Blown away that it can happily play Xonotic at full HD and full frame rate, which I was not expecting (my go-to for a quick and easy performance test).
Trackpad isn’t amazing, but it isn’t awful either. You know what? It really doesn’t matter; all things considered, this is an impressive and capable device. Congratulations!!
For me, WLAN was initially quite sensitive as well and prone to connection drops during data transfers, even though there was already some insulation tape on the heat spreader where the IPEX connector sits.
I took a closer look and noticed that the pre-applied insulation only barely overlaps the connector. I added a small extra piece of tape with the sticky side facing the heat spreader, so it stays in place and makes it easier to see how it overlaps only partially with the original insulation. I ended up just leaving that additional patch there. Since then the connection has been completely stable with connections around 180 Mbps, which results in roughly 6.0 MB/s TCP.
Please could you activate my account - I used the invite but my posts still need to be approved each time. Might be because I signed up before the invite and it has a different email to what I use on Kickstarter?
I’ve just received my 1Up and look forward to testing it out and seeing what distros, other than RPI Trixie, will work OK and will post, when I am able to, results of distro testing.
I missed the kickstarter and will buy the shell version when the “sold out” message is removed from your website. I’ve purchased the CM5 and NVMe recently. I’m looking forward to playing with this.
My One Up arrived with the screen resolution set at 1920x1200 @ 60Hz.
As far as I can see, raspi-config and Menu->Preferences->Control Centre->Screens do not have options for changing screen resolution.
Project Update email #13 outlines the procedure for setting the screen resolution. It appears the only way is to edit /boot/firmware/cmdline.txt.
In my case, I would like to change the screen resolution to 1440x1080. Please confirm that all I need to do is add the text video=HDMI-A-2:1440x1080@60e to the end of the first line in cmdline.txt.
I actually find the WiFi unusable unless I sit right next to the access point.
The WiFi performance is significantly better when the antenna isn’t connected at all.
During testing, I had it all plugged together, working and was sitting right next to the router. Then I walked a few steps away to a different room and it dropped out. If I disconnect the antenna lead, the signal immediately becomes usable again.
So the internal case antenna is significantly degrading Wi-Fi performance rather than improving it. I take it other people have had similar experiences, has anyone seen a fix?
I’m going to get my hands on another antenna and test the pi before digging further.
