Pi 4 m2 SSD Bitcoin Node Crashes 2-3x Per Day

Support and Troubleshooting
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Hello,

Having some trouble keeping my Umbrel Bitcoin Node running - it crashes 2-3x per day. It’s running on a raspberry pi 4 with an m2 ssd. Pi has a fan to keep cool. I’m using an official Pi power block for the chip. I have auxilary power running directly to the SSD, and I’ve cut the red power line going from the SSD to the pi to prevent power back-flow. Runs great for a few hours and then I get the solid red and green lights on the Pi. Restarting the Pi does not work, I need to turn the Pi off, disconnect/reconnect the SSD and then restart the Pi to get it back up and running. I’ve attached my logs. Anyone able to help diagnose the issue?

umbrel-1776122568010.log (6.0 MB)

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Hey noderunner, I uploaded my log on chatgpt. first I set my PCIE speed to Gen 2 for stability.

Then I disabled mender on umbrelos. Since I did both steps, my umbrel is running. My umbrelos is running for 10 days now.

I hope I could help u.

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Hi Effi15 - Thank you! I’ve made the suggested updates and we’ll see how it goes. Great idea using ChatGPT. It also has some more suggestions that I’ll try if the issue persists.

Thanks again.

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Update: I made the suggested changes and it did improve stability, in a way. The pi would still crash multiple times per day, but it was now restarting on it’s own rather than requiring me to unplug/replug the m2 ssd to restart.

Next I replaced the m2 SSD enclosure since I’ve heard some are not compatible with the Pi. That seems to have fixed the issue now. 3 days so far without a crash, a new record.

This is the enclosure that worked for me: Amazon.com: SABRENT USB C NVMe Enclosure, Tool-Free M.2 SSD Case for 2230-2280, 10Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2 Adapter, Aluminum Cooling, External M.2 Drive Enclosure for NVMe SSDs (EC-PNVO) : Electronics