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    Router overheating? Not anymore!!

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by cokewithvanilla, Jul 25, 2011.

  1. cokewithvanilla

    cokewithvanilla Notebook Geek

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    I posted earlier about my router overheating. I sent it in for an RMA and got a new (refurb) unit back. It had the same issue.... well, we just can't have that, can we?




    Fixed.
     
    cokewithvanilla, Jul 25, 2011
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  2. KCETech1

    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    now thats what I call thinking outside the box. rather looks like my husbands idea of a quick farmer rigging. Fugly but Functional
     
    KCETech1, Jul 25, 2011
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  3. niffcreature

    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    Oh man.

    This makes me want to do all types of things. But how could you tell that it was overheating?

    I think maybe this should be moved to the custom builds section :D
     
    niffcreature, Jul 25, 2011
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  4. Kuu

    Kuu That Quiet Person

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    I don't think those routers put out 65w of heat to require such a cooler...
     
    Kuu, Jul 25, 2011
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  5. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    Definitely not, although some routers do tend to get quite toasty with their stock passive cooling. Never thought this would be necessary though :p
     
    MidnightSun, Jul 25, 2011
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  6. weinter

    weinter /dev/null

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    It is an overkill
    This is sufficient IMO. Routers are not high performance device that need active cooling.
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    Certain routers come with small sinks just swap them for big sinks will do.
    Active Cooling consumes power.
     
    weinter, Jul 25, 2011
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  7. KCETech1

    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    meh go big or go home ;)
    its for the fun of the modding
     
    KCETech1, Jul 25, 2011
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  8. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    That, though raising the router half an inch higher than it is usually fixes the problem. What's next, liquid N2 cooled router? Plugging and unplugging cables on that... :eek2:

    EDIT: I guess dry ice would be easier and cheaper to get than liquid nitrogen and still provide wicked cooling.
     
    tijo, Jul 25, 2011
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  9. KCETech1

    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    actually, we once put 16 24 port managed switches and a couple routers in an old freezer since their racks had crappy cooling. now cutting holes for cables was a bit fun ......necessity is the mother of all invention
     
    KCETech1, Jul 25, 2011
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  10. redrazor11

    redrazor11 Formerly waterwizard11

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    Needs more copper
     
    redrazor11, Jul 25, 2011
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  11. afhstingray

    afhstingray Notebook Prophet

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    if it was still under warranty why settle for a DIY job?
     
    afhstingray, Jul 25, 2011
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  12. cokewithvanilla

    cokewithvanilla Notebook Geek

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    When I was digging through my boxes of parts, that was the exact thing I said when I saw this cooler :D. I passed up tons of small laptop fans and heat sinks. This just made me smile, so why not?
     
    cokewithvanilla, Jul 25, 2011
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  13. reb1

    reb1 Notebook Evangelist

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    I blow the dust out of mine once a week and have a couple of pencils under it for airflow.
     
    reb1, Jul 25, 2011
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