I don’t have to worry about that since my “server area” is cold and I’m also a bit reckless, so I kicked mine up to 150. Pushing it higher can cause excessive heat which can damage your router. Most people report that jumping up to a 100 is safe. The default is a safe value of 70, but we can kick it up a bit. This is the broadcasting power of your transmitting antenna. There are three settings of interest, the first being TX Power. For now, after 34 minutes of uptime, room temp 19C degrees and CPU temp 64C degrees.Fire up your web browser and direct it to your router’s configuration page. Then I removed also the aluminum lid on the CPU part (yellow area, tks to TweakTown for the pic) and replaced the old thermal pad with a 5mm grey one, directly in contact with the big black heat sink, without the aluminum lid. I opened this baby again and removed the fan I added previously. Good luck, and let us know how it went, with pictures would be even better =) So I just would like to reach at least optimal temps. this router in my idea have a lot of potential, limited by thermals.
R8500 DD WRT MOD
Yep, I was thinking to buy a laptop cooling base, but as you said, on some way is fun to mod electronics. Probably right know I can not pretend, but for sure I need to reopen it, remove the small installed fan, pretty not useful, replace all the conductive parts and reshape the chassis. Also I replaced the thermal pads, but not enough. there is not enough space between the chassis and the fan that's already a small one. You can also use a laptop cooling fan on some cases when you wall mount them to draw air up through the case.
R8500 DD WRT SERIES
One thing I like about the Linksys WRT AC series is that all you need to do is add one or two USB-powered fans pulling air up and through the case and done. It is really fun modifying router cases (that require it). USB power will work, but it limits things some. Anyhow, if you're going to use a 12v slimline fan, you may want to tap into the power input buss(es) to get maximum efficiency. It would have been better to use an actual photo from the R8500 as shown from the results from FCC ID search. Join in for a chat #style_it_themes_public: or #style_it_themes:discord I will consider adding internal fans when I can take it out of commission long enough as its the main router.ĭD-WRT Inspired themes for the phpBB ForumĭD-WRT Inspired themes for the SVN Trac & FTP site My router however (different from yours) has external fans pushing air in, through the filter material.
R8500 DD WRT INSTALL
Problem here is also if there is no source of cool air to the back of the fan on the case, consider pulling air in not pushing air in install to test how that performs. Now if you added a fan and the best it does is 70 from 90 then theres something not right, replace the thermal grease and check the heatsinks are flush and not warped or not making appropriate contact.Īlso that heatsink groves where the fan blows into are not optimal for air cooling, so the fan is far too close to the groves and only most effective area is where the fan is right over and to the bottom, leaving the lef/right are barely getting any air flow due to how the run vertically and to left/right should be horizontal so air can travel outwards in all directions. I also replace thermal compounds for a higher performer.Ī fan should considerably drop the temperatures, I prefer a bigger and lower profile fans, with more blades you can get pretty decent fans of the sort
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While most specs allow for some high temperatures, TBH the greatest silicone killer is heat, shortens the life span considerably. I use carbon coated aquarium foam and a fine filter foam around a thin layer of the aquarium foam placed where the air intakes are, and over the fan itself, I use a flex filter airflow is not impeded and the amount of dust is kept to a minimum ripe for yearly maintenance schedule. ▫ easyddup - A simple upgrade/downgrade utility by yoyoma2ĭust is a nice insulator, so anything coated in it will be nicely snug and warmer, fyi, Was the casing still opened or already closed after you mounted the fan? it can be because there's no airflow (the vents on the plastic casing are too narrow) and the hot air keeps circulating inside the casing.Īnother possibility is bad thermal paste/thermal pad.
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But I just installed a small 3v fan, 70 degree, not so much differenceīut I just installed a small 3v fan, 70 degree, not so much difference It's a Chinese second hand products app, so there aren't specifications. Please DO NOT PM me with questions Ask in the forum.
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Looks like it already had some sort of header fixture to plug into not sure if these have a cooling fan already provided.