Never before has the phenomenon of people buying shit and only playing it for five minutes been more obvious. This thing so clearly needed active cooling, it only takes about an hour to overheat and stop working. Never had this happen in the thousands of hours I've used my standard MiSTer setup, because that actually has a fan. It's bullshit that it has so much coverage yet not a single person has played long enough to experience this, do people even play video games anymore?This has been your public service announcement, you're welcome.
>>12585008That's the market for these FPGA consoles, middle aged fans who like the idea of playing these games, have they money to spend, but are time poor.
>>12585027I just wanted a MiSTer in a fancy case without the shitty USB bridge mine has and with a 24-bit DAC. What I got was shelf candy that blackscreens in less than an hour of playing the PSX core. Feels like I fell for an actual scam. Everyone should just assemble their own MiSTer and not rely on crap like this.
>>12585008So this just overheats 100% of the time?I was interested in this but was confused why they offered an OPTIONAL fan. Damn, I'll just keep emulating then.
>>12585008>do people even play video games anymore?People only buy these things to make youtube videos about them or just to have on a shelf in the background.
>>12585089>So this just overheats 100% of the time?In my experience, yes. It took literally ten minutes last time it happened. Just booted it up and started playing some Wipeout and BAM, black screen. It persisted even after reboot until the unit cooled down enough. Fucking ridiculous, again this shit never happens with a well built MiSTer setup. Maybe mine is just defective, or maybe people don't actually play games. Both are equally likely I think.
>>12585094There is a way to install a fan into it though, right? Maybe try that at least.
>>12585096There's a fan header on the board, but I don't know where I'd mount it. It's kind of a sealed unit with little ventilation, it's just asking for heat issues.
>>12585101https://retroremake.co/products/superstation%E1%B5%92%E2%81%BF%E1%B5%89-active-cooling-add-onLooks like it's supposed to mount on the heat sink, like a cpu fan on your computer, that's sold out atm which is telling though lol.
>>12585008Take the shell off and use it that way. It won't overheat as bad.
>>12585008Often I look a things and tell myself I'll buy it at some point, and then I never do. Good thing this was one of those times.
>>12585008You probably have the wrong power cord, I've heard nothing about them overheating, I can't even find a single other post on the internet mentioning it.Just more misinformation from butthurt sour grapes anti-MiSTer shill retard
I only have a standard MiSTer too, but I have not heard a single story of the SuperStation overheating. I tried searching review sites, random other sites, forums, youtube, even fucking reddit and could not find a single instance of anyone saying their SuperStation would overheat.
>>12585008>>12585089>>12585094Yeah bro, this product that was extensively developed and tested for over a year from the greatest mind in the space who has already released previous MiSTer premades to glowing reviews was never even bothered to be turned on before being shipped out to hundreds of thousands of users, and it spontaneously combusts after 10 minutesGet fucking real, this thread is a fucking joke and anyone falling for it is a Grade A retard. Genuinely how fucking low is your IQ to fall for this?
>>12585008I doubt that very muchAre you using the correct AC adapter recommendations?
>>12585241that's trueevery commercial product that's ever been made has always been 100% functional and design flaws simply don't exist
>>12585374User error
>>12585008Hah I feel sorry for all you POOPerstation owning losersThe analog 3d is here and IS KICKING EVERY CONSOLE IN THE ASSand if you don't believe me you're either a retard or a ROODYPOOTHE SUPERSTATION NATION IS NO MORE ANAL LOG WINS AGAIN!!!!!Michael Hunt
>all the people itt saying "no op you must be using the wrong typical 5v usb-c power supply"Kek
>>12585101>It's kind of a sealed unit with little ventilationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEKTp0RCc-Uthere's so little space inside the case it's no wonder that it cooks itself so fast
>>12585374>Not a single report anywhere on the internet of it overheating other than OP's sensational story>"OMG clearly there must be a design flaw in it!"Or perhaps OP is just a moron?>>12585772>Not knowing what current isYou're lucky they make devices fairly idiot-proof these days or you would have blown up half of them by now. Go ahead and try using the "typical 5v usb-c power supply" that came with a pair of earbuds to power a laptop that according to you clearly just has a "typical 5v usb-c power supply".
>>12585757devlin?
>>12585757No composite/svideo out, no buy.
>>12585772Higher current power supplies will make it heat up faster. The super station only needs 5v 2-3a.
>>12585828I've tried two different Steam Deck OEM chargers, the exact kind that Taki calls a great choice.
considering the fact that they literally sell thishttps://retroremake.co/products/superstation%E1%B5%92%E2%81%BF%E1%B5%89-active-cooling-add-onon their website, I'd say OP is on the money, about buyers not even using this console for more than 10 minutes
>>12585854Lmao that's not how it works. It's not working like a pump, it's not forcing electrons into the device. Holy shit learn some basic fundamentals of electronics before you try to correct someone you mong.
>>12585237>>12585241>>12585828extremely suspicious posts...
>>12585828As long as it's 5 volts it'll charge just fine. The only time you'll run into an issue is if the charger doesn't provide enough current, then it either not charge at all or you'll cause the charger to overheat depending on the design. You could could plug a 5 voltage led array that draws 400ma into a 5v 1000amp power supply and it would work just fine as long as the array itself is fine.
>>12585110Fucking penny pinchers
>>12585239>I tried searching review sites, random other sites, forums, youtube, even fucking reddit and could not find a single instance of anyone saying their SuperStation would overheat.I looked as well before making this thread. The only conclusion I can come to is that people genuinely don't play games for more than a few minutes. They buy things just to take a photo of the title screen before returning to their doom scrolling.
My final test with this piece of shit was as follows: different power supply, stock SD card that came with it, proper Playstation 1 bios, redump copy of Wipeout. I simply left it to idle in the attract mode and within 20 fucking minutes it crapped out. The fact that the bottom of the unit is scorching hot and not a single other person has reported this flaw is insane. I recorded it but there isn't much to see, just the attract mode for 20 minutes, then my capture card saying no signal. On a CRT the result is a little more spectacular since it keeps trying to output a signal with black lines appearing on the screen. For the record it also crashed in the same way with Tiny Bullets and Harmful Park, so it's not an issue with the game. It also won't boot at all, even into the menu system when it's this hot.Retro content creators really have zero credibility for me after this, not that I necessarily viewed them as trustworthy before, but fuck man they literally will market junk as working.
>>12585972Retard
I wanted to get one of those "affordable" SuperStations because of the available composite and 240p output from the get go, but the fact that they keep it secrecy whenever they make new batches and 99% of the time they are stuck in SOLD OUT / OUT OF PRINT for like half a year and with all that hipster flashy WOOOOOOWie website design, made me feel like something was very off about this thing.
>>12585986Tranny
Why not just buy a used PlayStation? They're cheap as fuck and really easy to repair and mod. I think a modchip install is only like 6 solder points. The entire optical assembly can be replaced on AliExpress for $20 and requires zero technical skills.
>>12585987You are a retard, it's one guy responsible for this massive demand
>>12586007This is not a PSX clone, it plays everything up to and including N64, Saturn, and PSX flawlessly with zero additional latency and seamless, lagless CRT or 4kTV support
>>12586010>flawlessly lol, this is literally a thread about the thing overheating in 10 minutes
>>12586010>This is not a PSX clone, it plays everything up to and including N64, Saturn, and PSX flawlessly with zero additional latency and seamless, lagless CRT or 4kTV support for up to an hour at a timeFtfy
I didnt understand the purpose of this. I have a MisterPi and it works great. This thing doesnt even have SNAC support(except ps1) without the extra base. The only interesting thing was having all of the video out adapters built in.
>>12585008>retarded child falls for the meme>retarded child cries about calling for the memetale as old as (You)
>>12586081I'm just looking out for my fellow anons. From this experience I know that I'd sooner trust an anonymous /vr/ poster than a reviewer.
>>12586030User error, works fine for everyone else. Surely it can't be OP's shitty power cable
>>12586203I've tried multiple power cables, most people in the retro gaming scene in 2026 don't even play retro games for more than a few minutes before returning to social media. So it "works fine" for their use case, but not mine.
>>12585854No, It needs a fucking fan.
>>12585986Hi Taki.
>>12586214Retard
>>12586221It passively cools and has high thermal limit, the fan is just peace of mind for morons
>>12586282>the fan is just peace of mind for moronsThe people who say this have never tried to use a MiSTer without a fan for more than a few minutes.
>>12585868They also sell a cd-drive dock, are you gong to argue that you need to use physical disks too? If OP is "on the money" how come nobody can find a single mention of it overheating anywhere? And before you try to argue absolutely everyone who talked about it was somehow paid off, people slammed the creator over just the name Mister Pi, he would have been raked over the coals if it was unusable because it keeps overheating.>>12585907>As long as it's 5 volts it'll charge just fine.You really don't know how current works huh? It would not "work just fine" it would not work at all or keep browning out, and battery-based devices if they don't reject the charger outright to having not enough power your battery would still discharge rather than charge, just slightly slower, because it would be providing less power than you are actively using.>>12585972Still zero proof other than your questionable posts. Do you have ANY proof of anyone else having overheating issues? Because if it's literally only you having trouble, sounds more like something on your end rather than literally everyone who bought one putting it on a shelf and not using it and you being the only exception on the planet. Did you even try contacting to the seller? Assuming you aren't just making shit up.>>12585987>made me feel like something was very off about this thing.My Mister Pi has been working perfectly fine since I got it two years ago, you think the site is a scam or something when every retro site and channel has covered it?>>12586064I agree, I guess it's for people who want it all pre-setup and/or in a better looking case? I don't see a point when you already have a standard MiSTer, you can't do dual-ram and need the dock for more usb ports or SNAC for anything outside PSX. Though I guess it's nice that it has the RTC and all analog outputs built-in?>>12586214Then contact Taki, maybe there is a chance you got a defective unit, but they aren't mass-overheating left and right
>SHUT UP THEY WOULDN'T RELEASE IT WITH COOLING ISSUES LEAVE THEM ALONE IT'S PERFECT THEY TESTED IT>they sell a cooling fan separatelylol
>>12586294The multisystem 2, which is another consolized pre-built MiSTer, also has no fan and I don't see any reports of it overheating either.
>>12586313Ok then link a report, or video, or tweet, or ANYTHING whatsoever of this happening outside of a single anon on a basket weaving forum going "trust me bro". If it's this broken then surely there would be people talking about it everywhere right?
>>12586214What are the stats (voltage, amps, whatever else you can find) on the power sources you have tried? What power supply stats does the device require according to its creator?
>>12586307>My Mister Pi has been working perfectly fine since I got it two years ago, you think the site is a scam or something when every retro site and channel has coveredYo tranny smith, I was talking about the SuperStation, way to go out of to derail and mislead the conversation, you think I would not see what you are trying to do? Shill,
>>12586323>If it's this broken then surely there would be people talking about it everywhere right?You're expecting the average "retro gamer" to actually play video games for any amount of time.>>12586328>What are the stats (voltage, amps, whatever else you can find) on the power sources you have tried?I tried two Steam Deck OEM chargers (recommended by the manufacturer) and a USB wall outlet charger I had lying around. Both had exactly the same result.
>>12586294I have a MiSTer without a fan and have regularly had it on for 8+ hours at a day, at worst it gets a bit warm
>>12586348>Liar, liar, liar, liar, liarEvery mod lies in this board
>>12586359You're a dumbass
>>12586323if they didn't know there was a problem, they wouldn't sell a solution
>>12586334SAME CREATOR you fucking idiot, they are even sold on the same site>>12586343>You're expecting the average "retro gamer" to actually play video games for any amount of time.Really? That's the excuse you're going with? That literally everyone else on the planet who ever bought one just put it on a shelf and you are the only special unique snowflake that actually tried to play it, and discovered this huge scam that nobody else figured out because not a single soul other than you seriously tired to play games on it?I'm going to go with you are just a retard.
>>12586398By your logic, the existence of this means it can't load isos either.
>>12586405it can't load physical discs without thatso yes, they understand that's a problem and they sell a solution
>>12586403>That literally everyone else on the planet who ever bought one just put it on a shelf and you are the only special unique snowflake that actually tried to play itYou say that like it's unbelievable, when it's actually quite likely. Playing retro games to most people is firing up Super Mario World and looking at the title screen.
>>12586414>You say that like it's unbelievableIt is, you're a fucking idiot. I am also still not seeing a single shred of actual proof, just a lot of "Literally nobody on the planet played this, trust me bro" and "If they are selling a fan that MUST mean every single unit is faulty and only works for a few minutes", because no console in history has ever had optional accessories.Hell, why has OP not contacted Taki? He's pretty good about taking care of defective units. It's almost as if the OP is full of shit and trollingLet me guess, all responses to this will still be "Literally everyone on the planet except me never even played it" and "B-b-b-ut they are selling a fan" while still not posting a single shred of proof?
I just got mine today and even after using it for two hours testing various cores it wasn't even that hotWhat I want to know though is why half the cores would only display in black and white on my tv
>>12586451All I can do is report my experience as a consumer. If it gets hot as hell regardless of what I do, the only real conclusion I can come to is the design itself is flawed. I don't think the unit itself is defective, because it works fine until the overheat happens, that to me indicates a design flaw. This is a niche device in a field full of people that don't use the things they buy very much. If 90% of purchasers barely use it, then you aren't going to see many complaints.>>12586458Try the Playstation core specifically.
>>12585757This but M64 in July
>>12586095>I'm just looking for (You)s from my fellow underageSorry champ. All I can offer is grownups (You)s
>>12586458>What I want to know though is why half the cores would only display in black and white on my tvAre they defaulting to YPbPr video output? YPbPr output through a composite cable will be black and white.
>>12585008Why would you post this here and not publicly on takis twitter, or privately conact them through email and see if you have a defective unit?Instead you claim "no one ever played one of these for more than 20 minutes so they never got the problems I had". That is a retarded leap of logic. Why would anyone buy a game or game system and walk away after only a few minutes of use? Especially something they waited 18 months for, and paid good money for? >its finally here!>spend an hour loading roms >power it on>"winners dont do drugs" flashes on screen>haha it works!>turn it off after 5 minutes>goes to play fortnite on xboxIs this the world you think we all live in? I thought yoy were a troll but you seem to genuinely believe this.
>>12586480>I don't think the unit itself is defective, because it works fine under normal operation until it doesn'tNta but it sounds like it's defective
>>12586579>Why would you post this here and not publicly on takis twitter, or privately conact them through email and see if you have a defective unit?I don't use other forms of social media.>Why would anyone buy a game or game system and walk away after only a few minutes of use?Because they already posted their title screen photo on Reddit. You act like it's unusual for people to buy something and barely use it.
>>12586585>I don't use other forms of social media.Email isn't social media.
>>12586379That's not a real answer that disproves anything.
>>12586403But he was sayin the SuperStation and you snide away claiming it was another product.
>>12586451>NO U AT U YOUI really don't like the tennis play going here.
>>12586579Because this fucking website used to be seen as the last bastion of legit free speech and even whistleblowing for protective anonymity and exposure of things happening in the go once upon a time (you know, before the sellouts, the $ö¥bOy"s, the wordfilters, the abusive tranny mods, the useless jannies, and now the mostly Chinese and Hindu bots, you know, the subversion of the internet?)God forbid, you can't talk about something that it's actually happening because homos will constantly play DENIAL DENIAL DENIAL until we are finally allowed to admit, it actually happened.Remember this, and no amount of deflecting will fucking naysay it.
>>12586631Nigger, it is only affecting you and no one else. Clearly it is a user issue, as you admitted yourself you aren't using the right power cable but just blew it off like it didn't matter
>>12586631Kek newfag
>>12586643>>12586649>Tranny Smith trying to dilate
>>12586643I'm using a power cable recommended by the manufacturer, I tried another one and it the result was the same.
>>12586480>I don't think the unit itself is defective, because it works fine until the overheat happens, that to me indicates a design flaw.Why? Couldn't it just have a rare physical defect that makes it heat up faster than it's designed to?
>>12585008This is why you just use your PC to emulate instead of spending money on junk.
>>12586480>If it gets hot as hell regardless of what I do, the only real conclusion I can come to is the design itself is flawed. I don't think the unit itself is defective, because it works fine until the overheat happens, that to me indicates a design flaw.No, you're literally describing a defect. If it happened to EVERY unit that would be a design flaw, but it appears to only be happening to yours. I am not seeing a single report of it happening to anyone else.In fact, I spent 10 seconds Googling twitch superstation one and the first result was a stream of someone who played it for nearly 7 hours:https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2769053394Here is a three and a half hour stream:https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2770690275And another three hour stream from the same person:https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2770032798Youtube as well, another three hour video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuoOBbe_wcoAnd one where someone played just the N64 core, both standard and overclocked versions, on it for three hours:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vta1fCvcobsI could go on, this literally took me just a minute to Google, there are likely several dozen if not over a hundred hours-long videos showing it working fine. Pretty much completely disproves both the "Everyone just put it on a shelf and didn't play it" argument as well as the "they are all defective" argument. Are you now going to try to argue that every single video showing it working fine for hours was a hoax or paid off or some other bullshit like that now?>>12586458How is it connected to your TV? Sounds like either you have a component output connected to composite, or the wrong color space set for component.
>>12586742it's connected through plain old svideo but it also had the same problem when I tried composite
>>12586579>Why would you post this here and not publicly on takis twitter, or privately conact them through email and see if you have a defective unit?Because he's fucking lying. Taki has been pretty on the ball when it comes to helping people who get a defective product. The only possible reason to refuse to contact him and instead create wild easily-disprovable stores that every single unit has a design flaw that makes it unusable AND that absolutely nobody else who bought one noticed because literally nobody else other than OP and OP alone actually tried to play with it for any decent amount of time is because he's making shit up. Who in their right minds would have a problem with something they bought (and I highly suspect OP didn't buy one at all) and their first thought would be "Hmm, not a single other person has this issue, clearly I am the only person on the planet who bought this expensive thing and actually tried to use it, the entire product line must be flawed. Now instead of contacting the person who sold it to me I will instead post on a website that has the last possible chance of anyone who can do anything actually seeing it.">>12586585>I don't use other forms of social media.You can e-mail him too. E-mail is not social media, THIS SITE is closer to "social media" than e-mail is.>>12586605That anon was trying to say the site itself was sketchy, I pointed out how people bought other products on that same site just fine. Do try to keep up.>>12586631>The SuperStation is a psyop that only *I* figured out the true meaning of (Ignore the fact that nobody has had an issue with his other products for years) figured out, and literally every website and other form of communication is compromised except for this one has-been forgotten basket weaving forum from earlier days of the internet.I think I figured out why it's overheating, it's due to all the tinfoil you have your entire house wrapped in.
>>12586742>4th video link shows issues with resolution changes.Uh Oh.
>>12586763Did you try component or some other type of RGB connection? That sounds like you have it set to some sort of component/RGB output. The Mister can't output more than one analog format at once, and AFAIK there is no extra circuitry on the SuperStation to bypass that. You likely have it set to type of component/RGB output and will need to set it to composite or s-video.
>>12586775>goalpost movingWe were talking about OP claiming that the system is completely unusable because it overheats in a few minutes. Even original consoles cause issues with many modern TVs, capture cards, and upscalers when they switch resolutions. Only way to not have that issue is to play it on a CRT (though that won't solve your capture card having issues) or to use an upscaler that can triple-buffer the video, but that adds latency. Old consoles switching between 240 and 480 were common, especially the 5th gen.
>>12586776I have it on whatever the default settings out of the box areMy tv doesn't have any RGB connections, only composite and svideo. At least most of the cores seem to work normally. I got no idea why a bunch of them are in b&w
>>12586784Should be working on default settings, but just in case check the setup video if anything was changed:https://youtu.be/_mMQNsauOxg?t=2495&si=g_Ip5nqXB63uzTMwIf you really want to get into the weeds of it if that doesn't work, check your ini file settings:https://mister-devel.github.io/MkDocs_MiSTer/advanced/ini/Just make a backup first before you change anything just in caseAlso, just to make sure, are you trying to play PAL software on a NTSC TV or vice-versa?
>>12586742>I am not seeing a single report of it happening to anyone else.There's at least one other person with the same issue. Also none of those videos are the Playstation core for at least an hour.
>>12586580i really,really like this picture.
>>12586791Yeah I've already watched that video and no I'm not trying to run PAL games Something else worth noting is that I tried setting it to svideo mode like shown here but that just makes the image to go dim and start scrolling vertically
>>12586783Pipe down woman, I think he just wants to know if you can disable the message popus when loading cores and switching resolutions.
>>12586807>Bububububu MUH MAJORITY OF POSTS!
Man just put it in a bucket of ice water you dope
>>12585972Message the company and try to get a replacement or refund, by and large it seems that maybe you got a defective unit. Not sure why everyone is so fucking defensive in this thread btw, console war garbage in 2026 is insane to me.
>>12586807Ok, one other (out of hundreds that did not) so, did anyone respond to that post? He's asking if any others had it. Also, you realize that the N64 core puts more strain on the system than the PSX core right? Especially he overclocked N64 cores. That guy was running a core that pushes it even further for hours without issue.>>12586813Is it specific games or specific cores? Maybe some of the cores aren't listening to whatever setting the SuperStation is using and expecting a standard MiSTer setting. Tried checking your ini file?
>>12586835It's specific cores, for example the SNES core is in color while the super gameboy core is black and white when they should be functionally the sameI think what's going on is they expect svideo to be done through some weird vga out converter option and not the superstation's native svideo out
>>12586845(me)Fixed the problem by setting it to svideo and flipping the third dipswitch up
>>12585879Taki literally says in his video that it will run hotter.
>>12586631Yeah but don't you want help instead of just shouting anonymously with no actual proof of your issue into the void?
>>12585008>google images photoI don't believe you even own a Superstation.
>>12585094why didnt you buy one with a fan?
>>12585932Its not sold out. You just email them and they tack it on to your order.
>>12587214Oh yeah?
I've had a few 2-3 hour sessions in FFVIII and have had no issues. As many people have mentioned, it seems OP is a retard who cannot into reading the (online) manual.Agree that lack of fan is dumb though.
>>12587919There technically is one, it’s just an optional purchase
>>12586585Private email is social media now?
