Rear Armor cover for the AIO v2 and a CM5 active cooler
A robust printed rear cover that fits the HackerGadgets upgrade boards, the AIO v2 and an active CM5 cooler at the same time.
What it takes
- 3D print
- Disassembly
- Purchase required
Difficulty 2 of 3 — moderate.
Details
Published on Thangs as two STL variants (with built-in supports and without) after a run of prototypes. It is designed for a fully upgraded console — adapter board, NVMe battery board, AIO v2 and active cooler — rather than a stock one.
Links
Open at Forum threadRelated mods
Remix of the passive-cooler back that gives an EDATEC active cooler its height when the CM5 sits on the HackerGadgets adapter.
Printed rear cover with a cut-out so the official Raspberry Pi passive cooler (or a Waveshare active one) fits on the compute module.
Two layers of 0.5 mm thermal pad and a small aluminium heatsink on the CM5 SoC, held with thermal tape — about 10 °C cooler under load.
A CM4 socket protection adapter lifts the CM5 so a 0.5 mm pad reaches the back shell instead of the thick stock pad.
Replace the ~4 mm stock pad, which is sized for the A-06, with a thinner high-quality pad or paste that matches the real CM4/CM5 gap.
Replaces the metal back with a printed cover that holds a 30 mm fan, a heatsink and a flat 10,000 mAh pack in place of the 18650s.