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# Router has been getting hot, but no trouble yet. Just a preventative measure. Vertical mounting helps, but anything with a radio in it dies sooner when it's hot.
akshally, black box is a nice little 4 port switch with 4 built-in USB ports for network sharing.

NAS brains are all on that little Card,
I took a heat sink from a dead videocard, and laid it on the CPU (yes, there's thermal paste) -- The fan is blowing on that.

better((???!))) view here...
(, Sun 27 Jul 2014, 20:58, archived)
# Nice cheery duct tape.
(, Sun 27 Jul 2014, 21:31, archived)
# i didnt wanna use up my black and purple zebra tape
(, Sun 27 Jul 2014, 21:34, archived)
# Sounds like goth warning tape.
(, Sun 27 Jul 2014, 21:46, archived)
# Is there somewhere for the air to go?
(, Sun 27 Jul 2014, 21:41, archived)
# yes, the router has slits on the top, bottom, and sides.
Already an hour later; I can feel it is much cooler.
(, Sun 27 Jul 2014, 21:49, archived)
# SCIENCE!
(, Sun 27 Jul 2014, 21:48, archived)
# some ingenious hackery
but wouldn't it have been cheaper/easier just to buy a new router?
(, Sun 27 Jul 2014, 23:26, archived)
# it too would have gotten hot
besides, I love kludgery
(, Mon 28 Jul 2014, 1:03, archived)
# what is it?
(, Mon 28 Jul 2014, 1:08, archived)
# Forced Convection Cooling
(, Mon 28 Jul 2014, 2:30, archived)
# a right fukin' ballsup
(, Mon 28 Jul 2014, 3:27, archived)
#

(, Mon 28 Jul 2014, 3:46, archived)