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

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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