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The Actively cooled Modem/Router Club

(Yes this is not a joke)

The Actively Cooled Modem/Router Club now unofficially sponsors:
THIS GUY'S SANDWICH
We are an elite breed of bored people, that found an unused fan, and spied a conspicuously boring router.

If you want to join post in the thread with a pic of your modded out modem/router, and the type of modem/router you have. You will be added within 7 days to the list below.

*Please DO NOT post a mod that is not yours!
*Please DO NOT post an untangle router (sorry DuckieHo)

THE LIST

Phonyphonecall: Comcast Stock w/ 80mm fan
Lord XeB: WRT54GS flashed oc'd 250 w/ 80mm fan
Loosenut: Siemens 4100 asdl modem w/ recycled PS2 fan
Morbid_666 WRT54GL router w/ 80mm fan
k4m1k4z3 WRT54G router w/ 50mm fan
bobfig dsl router w/ fan + heatsinks
Dexter linkseys router w/ 80mm
DuckieHo untangle router. core solo 1.66ghz (on msi fuzzy)
xlr8ter RGA modem (I think). w/ 120mm fan no shield
Xraven771 btvoyager2091 w/ modded 120mm
ionstorm66: Broadcom BCM5352 clocked at 250MHZ, 128MB ram, AMD PHENOM II sink+fan
djcjrobb: DD-WRT Linux on a router, WATER COOLED!!!
Weesteev: Dlink 615 WATER COOLED!!!
Psycho666 WRT610N air cooled w/ hardwired fan
 
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I have a WRT54GS flashed with DD-WRT and overclocked to 250 (from 200). Currently there are heat sinks (ram sinks) on the chips inside and an 80mm fan on it.
 
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Untangle Router
MSI Fuzzy 945GM2 w/ 2x1Gb Intel NIC
Core Solo T1300 (1.66GHz) w/ Custom copper heatsink + 40mm fan
1GB Corsair DDR2 w/ heatspreaders
20GB Seagate LD25

 
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Originally Posted by NidStyles View Post
As soon as i get the chance to actually install DD-WRT on my WRT54GL here and overclock that baby you will have a glorious money shot of an active cooled Router. Probably this weekend.

Unfortunately, I do not actually own the cable modem, it's a rental....
lol dont worry... neither do I. Respect for others property is overated
 
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Originally Posted by phonyphonecall View Post
lol dont worry... neither do I. Respect for others property is overated
I got charged $150 for the rental, which is given back to me at the termination of my service once they come pick up the modem. I think I would rather have my $150 back.
 
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Originally Posted by NidStyles View Post
I got charged $150 for the rental, which is given back to me at the termination of my service once they come pick up the modem. I think I would rather have my $150 back.

THAT SUCKS! sorry to hear that... I think comcast doesn't even know i still have theirs... lol
 
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i own WRT54GL. all i did is increased the size of the top & bottom holes by drilling them with larger drillbit - looks nice too. also i placed heatsinks onto chips. i'd love to put a 80 mm fan on top sucking air with couple LEDs/Resistors to slow it down but the router is in my housemate's room so i cannot do that. Ohh & i also did the same with my modem.
 
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I just installed a fan in my WRT54G

If I can get ahold of some good small heatsinks I might go for an overclock.
(any good topics that explain how? Will this increase the range/signal strength?)

sorry for crappy cell phone pics... its all I have to take pictures with.

I superglued a 50mm exhaust fan to the roof of the router, and soldered the wires under the board.


 
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Originally Posted by k4m1k4z3
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I just installed a fan in my WRT54G

If I can get ahold of some good small heatsinks I might go for an overclock.
(any good topics that explain how? Will this increase the range/signal strength?)

sorry for crappy cell phone pics... its all I have to take pictures with.

I superglued a 50mm exhaust fan to the roof of the router, and soldered the wires under the board.

I have no idea if anyone has ever oc'd a modem... or if it is possible. lol.
 
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Originally Posted by k4m1k4z3
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yes, apparently you can OC the wrt54G when using the ddwrt firmware... Im not quite sure what the point of it is, but its overclocking and I want to figure it out.

ddwrt wrt54gl under the admin tab you'll see it all the way down.

i've been running 250 mhz for months with zero problems. actually it runs in my server closet on the top shelf which is hot as hell with zero cooling.
 
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Originally Posted by frankzotynia10 View Post
ddwrt wrt54gl under the admin tab you'll see it all the way down.

i've been running 250 mhz for months with zero problems. actually it runs in my server closet on the top shelf which is hot as hell with zero cooling.
Cool! and pretty sweet! I wish there was a way to make an "untangle modem" kind of like a router... But the modem requires communication and verification with the ISP.
 
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Originally Posted by CryWin
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Hey, I have a WRT54G too, but the overclock thing is greyed out... what gives? What version do you have, it could be because I have the Micro version due to smaller flash size.

Probably... I feel like im the only one without the WRT54G. Its possible you need a firmware uprgrade on it.
 
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My router is an x86 machine running pfsense, so that doesn't count for this, i guess, but my switch is a Dell PowerConnect 2724 with two 40mm fans..... does that count?

those are stock. am i wrong?
 
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LoL I got a WRT54GS V4 DD WRT and a 80mm fan on it
WITH TOGGLE SWTICH XD
 
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Originally Posted by tagurtoast View Post
oh wow just have to ruin the fun with your fancy "toggle switch"...
d:
 
#24 ·
becareful with the overclocking on the WRT54G

There is a very high chance of you bricking your router...or learning how to make a JTAC cable at best. You will not even be able to TFTP into it. I wish the DD-WRT folks would disable the overclocking for that version.

The GL versions seem to be able to OC though. I like my GS though that is just stock at 240MHz with no overclocking supported to tempt me, but 240MHz is basically OC'ed since 200MHz is the common clock.
 
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heres my modded dsl modem i did a few months back.


 
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