honk_honk

I recently purchased a linksys WRT310N router and it wasn't working quite as well as I hoped and found after a quick google hit that it tends to over heat.

This was my first attempt at cooling the router.
First try.

Then I decided to make something a wee bit more visually appealing.

This is what it started as.

Then to this


Then finally to this.

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honk_honk

Here's a brief work log of how I did it.

Materials:

• LMB Heeger 142 PLAIN Interlocking Series 6x4x5
• Polycarbonate sheet
• Black Primer
• Black Spraypaint
• WRT310n (of course)
• 3x 1 meter long RP-SMA extension cable
• 3x generic RP-SMA antenna
• 2x 80mm case fans with grills
• another ac adapter to supply the fans
• zalman heatsinks

Tools:

• Dremel
• Corded Drill
• Soldering iron
• 3" and 1" hole saw

I got a case at fry's that was large enough to fit my router and 80mm fans.
http://www.frys.com/product/1656697?...H:MAIN_RSLT_PG

I taped the parts I was going to cut up


Finished cuts of the fan holes
*I also finished cutting out the hole for the connectors in the back and the case window.* -not shown-


I needed help with putting external antennas on so I asked getllamasfast for help. I was going to need external antennas and I decided to use RP-SMA connectors as that is the most common antenna connector.


getllamasfast desoldered the internal antennas that were on the router


Then he cut, stripped, and soldered my rp-sma cables onto the pcb


Here's a pic of the router's pcb with the antenna cables attached


After this was done, I just primed and painted the case


Here's a picture of the window I'm going to put in


Case window put in


Fans and grills put on with the antenna connectors put into the case


For the fans, I took the pins out of the molex connectors, taped them together, and cut the unneeded cables



And then after I put the fans in, I realized they won't fit internally with the new heatsinks I put on the router so I ended up externally mounting them.




~the end~

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Swifty

Looks nice! I'm sure it stays very cool now

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neDav

Nice mod, I am loving the final mod.

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reezin14

Looks great --- parts used?My brother has the same router,it runs hotter than it should,this would be a nice way to cool it also better looking imo.

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honk_honk

Updated the second post with parts.

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amder

Probably keeps it nice and cool that case.

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Sethy666

Love the ingenuity! +rep!

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Sheehanigans

gorgeous. very unique.

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WarlordOne

I love it.

The only improvements I can think of would be to use just one fan mounted inside the case and wired internally. Your wallwart is capable of either 1A or 2A @12v depending on the version router you got. either would be more than enough to power an exhaust fan and your router.

I'm sure that thing runs perfectly now!!!

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