Homebrew Is there anything out there that reduces the temperatures

[hdhani]

Still new to the switch, played some crash team racing and after a short while the back gets warm to touch.

Any homebrew out there to improve the temperatures of the device?

 

[pcwizard7]

you could use sys-clk or freebird to downclock the cpu/gpu to lower power usage which in term lower the temp. but i wouldn't worry to much about it. its normal for it to warm up on games that put it though its passe

 

[PHiLiPZ]

Underclock, hardmod (better tim, more holes), ac

 

[hdhani]

Underclock, hardmod (better tim, more holes), ac

More holes? You want me to drill holes into my switch? :/

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you could use sys-clk or freebird to downclock the cpu/gpu to lower power usage which in term lower the temp. but i wouldn't worry to much about it. its normal for it to warm up on games that put it though its passe

Thanks! I'll look them up.

 

[Zuzuooloo]

the only thing that would make the Switch run cooler/reduce temperatures is to undervolt the system or doing some repasting with new thermal paste/liquid metal

 

[hdhani]

the only thing that would make the Switch run cooler/reduce temperatures is to undervolt the system or doing some repasting with new thermal paste/liquid metal

Any software mods out there that can undervolt?

 

[mrdude]

Welders Gloves - you can play for hours and won't feel a thing.

Remember the screen is on and produces light - light=heat. If you want to lower the temp, turn the brightness down.

 

[FAST6191]

the only thing that would make the Switch run cooler/reduce temperatures is to undervolt the system or doing some repasting with new thermal paste/liquid metal

To be fair we have seen hacks before to portable games (example http://www.dwedit.org/dwedit_board/viewtopic.php?id=480 ) that change some things about the game's code to cause them to use less CPU and throttle down better) and for all I know the makers of the OP's game of choice were a bunch of crack smokers that made poor choices (ask anybody that handles either making "backups" run, does ROM hacks down to assembly level or otherwise has cause to look at code about the general quality of code or notable howlers they encountered) in their coding.

I would agree that under clocking or dropping voltages, and increasing physical heat removable capabilities would be the easier, certainly easier in general, way of doing things but I do have to note the above.

 

[Zuzuooloo]

Any software mods out there that can undervolt?

as others have said you can try using something like sys-clk https://github.com/retronx-team/sys-clk https://gbatemp.net/threads/sys-clk-under-overclocking-sysmodule.531372/
or something like Freebird https://gbatemp.net/threads/freebird-switch-clock-speed-control-sysmodule.530641/

both are capable of both OC'ing and downclocking I believe