Raspberry Pi 4 Argon One M.2 SSD Metal Case Review & Assembly / Setup HOWTO Guide

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The Argon One M.2 is a solid metal case for the Raspberry Pi 4 which offers some really excellent features, including configurable active cooling, 2x fullsize HDMI ports, smart power button / soft shutdown, easily accessible GPIO and perhaps most importantly, the ability to boot from an M.2 SSD.
It does have a few minor issues that mean it might not be suitable for all purposes, and the M.2 setup can be fiddly if you don't have an M.2 USB adapter to plug into your PC. So join me as I give my impressions and get this thing up and running with the latest Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye!
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction To The Argon One M.2 Raspberry Pi 4 Case
02:25 Assembly - Unboxing & Features
05:45 Assembly - HDMI & AV breakout board / port expander
06:36 Assembly - Thermal Pads & Top Case
08:33 SD Card Imaging Using Raspberry Pi Imager HOWTO
10:11 Assembly - Installing The M.2 SSD Into The Case & USB Connection
11:45 Assembly - Power Button Jumper Setting
12:20 Assembly - M.2 Bottom Case Fitting & Connection
12:50 First Boot & Setup
13:04 Installing The Argon One Fan Control & Power Button Script HOWTO
14:32 Configuring The Fan Speeds Using The Argon One Fan Control Script HOWTO
15:26 Note On Argon One Official IR Remote Control Setup
15:49 Benchmark With SD Card
17:02 SSD Installation Of Raspberry Pi OS Using SD Card Copier HOWTO
18:49 Raspberry Pi 4 EEPROM Bootloader Update & USB SSD / SD Boot Order HOWTO
20:15 M.2 SSD First Boot On The Raspberry Pi 4
20:58 Benchmark With M.2 SSD
21:33 Removing The SD Card / Final Assembly / Outro Thanks & Conclusions
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@ctrlaltrees 2 жыл бұрын

There is a brief mention in the video that it's possible to image the M.2 drive directly and I thought I'd expand on that a little more - I went through the process of imaging the SD card and then cloning it for 3 reasons - first so that I could run the speed test on an identical environment on both drives to make it a fairer test, second to show how it's done if you have an existing installation on an SD card and want to clone that the SSD, and third to show how to update to the latest firmware that supports USB boot. For a fresh install on a brand new RPi4, I'd definitely recommend imaging the M.2 drive directly if you can just to save some time. On that note, it has been pointed out to me that if you don't have a USB M.2 adapter or A-A cable, it's also possible to plug the little plug-in USB A-A adapter into a USB extension cable and connect the Argon One's base to a PC that way. I certainly hadn't considered that so I just wanted to share the info - big thanks to Allan Leon for the tip! 👍

@Inertia888 11 ай бұрын

I have not been able to get my laptop to successfully image PI OS to the m.2 SSD, using the Argon Baseplate. I do have an m.2 to usb in the mail, but learning this was a treat. It actually took me longer to figure out to pull power from a separate source, to power the LCD screen, in order to allow enough power for the m.2, that is now making the PI a little more power hungry (sometimes it's the seemingly smallest things). I really did have a blast learning this method, thanks for your interest, and time. I'm looking forward to being able to teach these things to another, one day soon.

@cjlowe1650 9 ай бұрын

Did I miss the version of Pi you installed? I plan on using my Argone One with a 2TB and running Shinobi. Shinobi recommends using Pi Bullseye lite 64 bit especially when using a Pi4B (4GB) you see any issues using that. I'm using RTSP cameras. They worked great on a Pi3B+ but always had issues with the SD card getting corrupted every 3-6 months. So Since I want to save a lot of videos and hopefully avoid the corruption issue (and back up to my NAS) I thought I used my Argone one with 1TB and another with 2TB M.2 drives. Any issues or problems you noticed along the way would be greatly appreciated. I was lucky enough to get 2 Pi4's 8gb, 2 Pi4 4gb and a Pi4 2gb b4 the shortage along with a bunch of Pizer0 W2's (actually about 6 of them. LOL. Maybe it was dejavue but I got lucky). I just ordered when they came out. Thanks Again. -CJ P.S. was also able to order 2 - orange pi zero 2 w 4GB and 2 - orange pi zero 2 w 1GB. Aliexpress was faster delivery than Amazon (about 2 weeks faster) Also Aliexpress was a lil cheaper in price and a lot cheaper in shipping and no sales tax. (I know it comes from China but the Amazon version comes from the same exact place, (company) but saves me a lot of $. Maybe I'll do a video on them. It would be my first ever video on KZfaq but maybe you or someone can point me to where I can be able to setup a simple way to publish the video. I did some camera work and editing in my younger days (and a programming background b4 I retired) but never did any publishing on KZfaq. Any help is appreciated. -CJ

@cjlowe1650 9 ай бұрын

can I download the SD card copier if I only have the 64-bit version of bullseye lite?

@entropie138 Жыл бұрын

Your vid was a big help for me getting started with my Pi 4. Cheers!

@stevearodgers Жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! I did not know the trick about setting the fan speed. Probably due to no RTFM. :) Thanks again!

@git-er-dun_LBK_ 10 ай бұрын

Great tutorial. I purchased the system and set it up about a year ago and put it away. Today, I purchased a 10 inch touch screen. I plan on using it with pfSense.

@Xalior 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you mentioned the security worries for "just execute this random bash script, which will run things as root" - it's hardly ever mentioned by so many tutorials and reviewers, and it always gives me geek-goose-bumps. At least, for argon, they're pointing it at their own domain, and not some el-rando third party server... -Dx

@ctrlaltrees 2 жыл бұрын

It's just one of those long term Linux user things that I think is worth pointing out to potential new people, I think. If it leads to one more person thinking about what they're typing rather than blindly copying and pasting commands into the terminal then I'm sure it will have been worth it!

@robbyxp1 2 жыл бұрын

Tidy box that. Thanks for the video.

@giacintoboccia9386 Жыл бұрын

A couple notes: you mention that screwing the botton in order to change the SD may be inconvenient, note that the version that doesn't provide the SSD adaptor exposes the SD to be quickly excanged. On another note, there is a cut near the exposed GPIO pins that could allow routing a flat cable for a camera or a display.

@Coyotehello Жыл бұрын

very useful, thx!

@mircoporetti874 Жыл бұрын

Hello, I just bought the case and also the same wd green you used. Should I use the standard PI power supply or a more powerful one? Thanks a lot for you video

@32Adri32 Жыл бұрын

Hello, thanks you for your video amazing! Have you been happy with this WD Green 240gb after a year?

@juansuarez3384 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, great video. I added fan script, configured to default settings & reboot however my fan keeps running non stop, not loud but continuous. It's usually under 40deg. What can or should I do to fix? If I just leave it running any risk of increased wear of fan etc? I'm using Ubuntu on putty terminal and running a node so it's on 24/7. Thanks

@vagbusoldbus2687 Жыл бұрын

small additional: the case is blocking uart TX via GPIO14 and it problem for UART Shileds

@tonywright8342 3 ай бұрын

You should think about doing a setup for a Bitcoin Node. With RPi5 and Umbrel 1.0 being available on the 18/3, this setup looks ideal for that.

@TPau65 2 жыл бұрын

Cool and well thought Pi case! I saw videos of this case before, afair it was a plastic version of it?

@ctrlaltrees 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure, there are a few that look similar but I believe this was originally a KickStarter and has always been metal. 🙂

@sachinfilinto Жыл бұрын

Nice Video. do you know if it supports POE ? or any other recommended method to use POE with the Argon One case ? -its one less power socket for me as POE is already available.

@ctrlaltrees Жыл бұрын

Not that I know of, it's not something I've ever looked into. Sorry 😕

@DanielHinderaker 2 жыл бұрын

I installed Raspberry Pi OS on my Argon One M.2 and moved it to the SSD, but I have been having trouble loading RetroPie to the SSD now. My only solution thus far is to put RetroPie on an SD card and I'm now running the RetroPie, but I want to remove the SD card and put everything on the SSD drive. Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks!

@mitchhilger5394 2 жыл бұрын

Have you noticed any attenuation of the WiFi signal because of the all metal case? And are there constraints on which M.2 boards would work?

@ctrlaltrees 2 жыл бұрын

That's something I really should test, the case was revised fairly on to try to improve the wifi performance (I believe that a big groundplane was removed from the bottom part). The manufacturers claim that it will support any non-NVMe M.2 drive with key B or key B&M. Personally I'd just buy the cheapest drive possible as it's only connected over USB UASP anyway.

@ImperialDog1999 Жыл бұрын

I don't see my ssd and fan icons on desktop???

@Leonardoassis1 2 жыл бұрын

Can you test Xcloud (and others streaming games) in this configuration? A have many interesting.

@robertklein3945 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your guide! That's very helpful. Is it possible to configure the fan of that case with an Ubuntu Linux installation on the Pi? Maybe anyone tried that part on (Ubuntu) Linux?

@alekseyisaev6305 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, but how did you managed to install KDiskMark? It requires amd64 architecture to install with snap and I have problems to install another way...

@ctrlaltrees 2 жыл бұрын

There is a link to download it in the description 🙂

@es_el_migs Жыл бұрын

Question ❓ After installing the scripts on my Raspberry pi, how did you get the icons/shortcuts to appear on the desktop? Mine aren't appearing for some reason.

@MorrWorm8 11 ай бұрын

Mine did everything perfectly very easy set up, but I can’t get the power button to work correctly. It’s driving me crazy.

@egggofff5057 2 жыл бұрын

i had to use a larger power supply with mine.

@mircoporetti874 Жыл бұрын

Hello, which kind of power supply did you use?

@3doh 7 ай бұрын

I've been trying to install Kdiskmark on Raspberry Pi OS (Bookworm) to no avail. On Manjaro was fast and easy. How did you do it?

@user-np9pv3fm9f Ай бұрын

Mine is not booting from the SSD

@arashjaan2049 2 жыл бұрын

Please links to buy all off them i bigner for raspberry

@ctrlaltrees 2 жыл бұрын

There is a link in the description to the product page on The PiHut if you'd like to buy one of these. They sell the SSD and the RPi 4 as well. 🙂

@cjlowe1650 2 жыл бұрын

Question ❓ how did you find customers for signage? Looking to make some money since unemployment ran out in September 2021

@ctrlaltrees 2 жыл бұрын

I've been working with the same business for around 10 years now as a subcontractor. They provide the hardware and installation services and subcontract all of the development to us. It certainly seems like a pretty tight nit community so best of luck to you, is it worth hitting up some of your old contacts to see if they have any work on?

@cjlowe1650 2 жыл бұрын

@@ctrlaltrees Thanks for the response. I live in Philadelphia. Lost my job in August 2019 and get told "I'm over skilled for this job" every-time I interview. (too old-LOL) I have an IT background. I have a lot of small businesses around me. Mostly Asian and Latino stores and a lot of restaurants (and take out). I know a lot of them and they usually have those android boxes to get TV from their home countries. We usually end up having a conversation about how they like to advertise on their TV's in the business, like their menu, local activities about their ethnic background. So I think there is a chance to do business with them as I have already asked and they are interested. Can you recommend any signage packages? Do you use open source or purchased? I really need to work and any help would be appreciated.

@ste76539 2 жыл бұрын

I get you wanted to benchmark the SD card to compare to the M.2, but if you use your noggin you can completely skip the SD card entirely. Mentioned in case others would prefer to save the time and get up and running a lot faster...

@ctrlaltrees 2 жыл бұрын

Anyone using their noggin would've read the pinned comment that explains this 😉

@ste76539 2 жыл бұрын

Ah touché, I didn't notice that in my rush to post a little bit of know how, with the noggin comment being intended more of a pointer to think about it logically rather than a cheap and undeserved dig that it probably gave the impression of, in hindsight. Silly me.

@Raylightsen Жыл бұрын

The worst fan control configuration. Is annoying that you cannot simply download something and added, but NO, they must screw us with that stupid script that only work in a few distros...

@_alan_94_ Жыл бұрын

sorry man, I need to help. I don't find System tools and KDiskMark. Do you find this ? Thanks you for you answer ;)