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post #101 of 105
7/26/12 at 2:09pm
Added an 80mm fan to my Netgear WNDR3700 router!

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post #102 of 105
7/27/12 at 12:38pm
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Hmm I'm thinking of modding my DIR 665, thing works great when it first starts, but after it heats up it goes south. Net drops and high ping, might even be worse than the router it replaced, which also overheated and dropped..

I'm thinking either a ghetto mod 90mm cpu fan on the top, or maybe if I get a little bit fancy and want to spend money on it.. 2 of these ninja'd inside. http://www.ebay.com/itm/251107551638?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

So far I have checked the temp on the chips, it was about 45C, with the top off. I expect it will be even worse later today after it has been on all day.

I'm going to see how well active cooling works though before I do anything. My testing will include, laying the router upside down on top of my Antec 300, and letting the 120mm exhaust fan cool it lol, then checking the chip temps to gauge how well active cooling works.
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post #103 of 105
7/27/12 at 1:05pm
those are overkill imo, a small fan is all you need. or if you have some small aluminum bits you could glue those on the chips to help
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7/27/12 at 2:10pm
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Right now the 2 chips that are getting hot just have some little thermal pads of some sort on them. They almost look and feel like little stone slabs. I put the router upside down and let the exhaust from my case blow into it, dropped it about 10C and seems to be running pretty stable like this.

I checked ebay, I could get laptop heatsinks, just little copper slabs about 1mm thick for about $2, not sure if that would be any better though. Something with fins and a fan blowing across would probably be better. Something like ram or a mobo chipset heatsink would probably work best.

It's pretty lame an expensive router like this shouldn't have these problems, my office is usually pretty cool or cold even, so you would think it could dissipate heat well enough to work right...
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post #105 of 105
9/14/12 at 6:22pm
This modem is just the bog stock modem my ISP provides. It's actually the 2nd I've had; after nearly a year of service the first would get /very/ hot and drop out constantly under light to medium usage. To make matters worse, I would have to go into it's config page and manually disconnect then reconnect. When I finally convinced my ISP there was a problem they provided me with this one as a replacement, but it's done the same thing since I switched over to it.

I took the grey top plate from the first modem, cut out the vents over the MCU and screwed a spare 80mm fan on. Made use of a dodgy USB extension cable to supply 5V to the fan. I threw on a fan guard to protect questing fingers.



Since installing the fan the modem has never gotten warm to the touch, which is a vast improvement over 'before' where it was always warm. I have seen it drop out twice in the 2 weeks since I added the fan, only under heavy usage, and it has been preloading Borderlands 2 for the last hour with no drop outs. Previously it would drop out almost as soon as I reconnected when under heavy load.

I added some tape across the LEDs to mute their brightness at night (I sleep in the same room). additionally, the fan is too clicky to leave running while I'm sleeping so I unplug it before heading to bed. The next step is to try a different fan on there, possibly install a heatsink on the Broadcom chip and maybe add a switch for the fan.
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