PCIe To M.2 Adapter With PoE For Raspberry Pi 5 (WS-28411) Installation

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I have just taken delivery of my Pi5. The order also included an active cooler and a PoE M.2 HAT+

I have quicly discovered that you cannot have the active cooler installed, as the HAT is unable to be installed above the active cooler.

Any suggestions ?

I would have thought that if this is a known issue, then the order should have been queried at time of purchase.

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Hi @Andrew302958 and welcome to the forum, we are happy to have you here.

You are correct, the active cooler and the PoE M.2 HAT+ are incompatible. The Active Cooler takes up too much space on the Pi5 to accept the HAT without extra long headers.

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Thanks for the reply.

A little annoying - as I would have changed my order if I had known that.

I guess I now have a spare active cooler.

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If you really want maximum cooling (say, heavy M.2 + PoE workloads), you can skip the Active Cooler and instead use a third-party case with a larger external fan, or mount a blower fan that pulls air across both the Pi and the HAT. Some community cases already exist for this.

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It’s always good to have a spare, just in case, but I’m sorry this has happened. :slight_smile:

I’m going to go ahead and update the page though to make it more explicit for the next customer.

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The following product works with an active cooler. I have one on a Pi 5.
I wanted POE as well as an M.2 full length adaptor. Never had a problem with any Geekworm products.

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Thanks for the heads up on this Geekworm option. I like it !!!

Not being restricted to the smaller form factor SSDs is a key feature for me.

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