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FuzzyHotdog
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Do all CCU's overheat or just the one included with Stadia?

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I just picked up an additional Chromecast Ultra for $40 (sale + coupon + discount). I wanted to be able to switch rooms without having to unplug and drag all the cords with me. I haven't set it up yet and I've seen where it should connect to Stadia with an update but will the new one overheat like the original Chromecast Ultra that comes with the Stadia? I'd just like to know if I have to worry about my whole house burning down or just half.
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Kaittoo
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

If you watch for long sessions in 4k, yes.

All ccu's get quite hot, but not every ccu shutdown on overheat.

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Kaittoo
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

If you watch for long sessions in 4k, yes.

All ccu's get quite hot, but not every ccu shutdown on overheat.

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Sornin
Community Member

I have played for periods of for over 8 hours straight in 4K on my included Stadia Chromecast Ultra and never have encountered a shutdown. However, it does get extremely hot. After reading reports of shutdowns I began touching my Chromecast Ultra from time to time, just to see how hot it is getting, and I can see why some people might have problems.

For what it's worth, I do have the area on the back of my TV exposed to a lot of air, so the Chromecast Ultra is not stuck in some enclosed space where the heat cannot dissipate easily. I am not sure whether that is a factor.

For their part, Google stated in their testing these shutdowns have not been seen. If you take them at their word, it should be pretty rare, even across hundreds of thousands of players.

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CreepingJudas
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I stopped using my CCU last night around 9pm last night and noticed it was hot. This morning I felt the unit again, and it was still warm. So if it's still warm, that means that it's using up electricity even when not in use.
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MrChugy
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On my unit if I play D2 on the UCC for about 2 hours the unit shuts down. I've had it happen to me several times. I have the UCC plugged in to the back of a monitor with the closest object being two feet away, i've dropped my settings down to Good all while i'm hard wired in. Makes no difference it over heats than shuts down. I'm very disappointed in the system. I would like to get a refund on my purchase and the additional controller. Is that possible? @GraceFromGoogle I'm not about to go buy a chromebook to play if the issues is with the UCC.

I wanted the system to work, but Stadia was over promised and under delivered!

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BinaryJay
Gold Stadia Guide
Gold Stadia Guide

The "news" about overheating Chromecast Ultras has been greatly exaggerated... I have three of them and have played D2 hours on end at a time at the maximum quality and never had an issue.

There is no difference between a CCU that comes with the kit and the one that comes out of a box at the store by itself other than the ones shipped in the kits had a preview firmware already applied to them that wasn't yet pushed out as a general update to all CCU users at the time (but is available now).

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Mr_N0
Stadia Player
Stadia Player

Either some units are faulty or the CCU just can't handle very well.

In Italy now the summer started.
I have no air conditioning at home and during the day now we reach just 32° Celsisu by now.
I have plenty of space behind my TV bit the CCU shuts off after a few minuties of playing in the evening with lower temperatures!

It just needs a better heat managment.
It's ridiculous that I have to glue heatsinks on it to make it work!

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