airman Posted August 8, 2008 Posted August 8, 2008 Well, after being thoroughly impressed with the performance of my Linksys WRT310N, I figured I'd try to fix the little things I don't like about it. I woke up this morning, and after a week of owning it I had to restart it for the first time. I know how routers are, most of this is due to heat. I normally leave 1 or 2 MMOs open and logged in while I sleep. This morning, both were disconnected from the game. I put DDWRT standard on this thing the day that I got it. But now, the issue is heat. I didn't have the camera with me while i was doing the mod, so i dont have "as i go" pictures. Here's the product now (couldn't find a 40mm fan grill anywhere in the house...i know i've got one somewhere) i soldered the fan connectors to where the power jack attaches to the PCB. easy enough, no? I figure it will look good once i get the grill on there. also internally, i had to replace one of the heatsinks with a low-profile one. the fan wouldn't fit. i used the one that had to go on the next hottest, un-heatsinked chip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 haha no comments? someone's gotta say something hehe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Smith Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 Hey that's cool. I guess the fan blows the hot air out ? Did you make intakes somewhere ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewr05 Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 Schweet! Looks pretty good, once the fan grills are it will clean the look up quite a bit though... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 what did you use to cut the hole? it looks very clean and circular surely not a rotary tool? tapping off the input power is probably ok with a 40mm fan that barely uses any power, but you might be creating a higher current draw than the AC adaptor is rated for... but yeah, for 40mm, it's really a non-issue, if it was an 80mm fan you might want to upgrade the adaptor maybe... as much as blue LED fans are a bit pass Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeo55 Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 Pretty slick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 what did you use to cut the hole? it looks very clean and circular surely not a rotary tool? tapping off the input power is probably ok with a 40mm fan that barely uses any power, but you might be creating a higher current draw than the AC adaptor is rated for... but yeah, for 40mm, it's really a non-issue, if it was an 80mm fan you might want to upgrade the adaptor maybe... as much as blue LED fans are a bit pass Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 I had a feeling you might have used a rotary tool, and might have been able to carve out the fan grill... I only recently (like a few weeks ago) got a rotary tool, so I'm still not up on what is possible with all the various attachments... i will need longer fan screws for it though (those larger ones, with coarse threads and generally flat heads). where might i be able to find some of these? should i check my hardware store? I generally just use machine screws ("bolts"), washers, and nuts... over here M3 and M4 are common... I guess over there you have the crazy threads like UNC4-40 and 6-32... hardware store is good... I've found radio controlled model shops (the serious ones) to be a good source of machine screws with various heads, like I needed some counter-sunk, black, hex driven screws and could only find them at a model shop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 (edited) I generally just use machine screws ("bolts"), washers, and nuts... over here M3 and M4 are common... I guess over there you have the crazy threads like UNC4-40 and 6-32... hardware store is good... I've found radio controlled model shops (the serious ones) to be a good source of machine screws with various heads, like I needed some counter-sunk, black, hex driven screws and could only find them at a model shop i'm sure i can get my hands on some m3s and m4s that will work. i'll check it out when i get the fan grill ordered. i will say though, the resposiveness of my mmo gaming has definitely tightened up...i experience nearly no lag which i dealt with even on the last router i had. Edited August 10, 2008 by airman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhester Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 OC that sucker! Ahahaha. Looks nice, very clean and well done! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted August 9, 2008 Posted August 9, 2008 OC that sucker! Ahahaha. Looks nice, very clean and well done! i'm probably sure i could, althought i'm happy with it's performance as is. i've boosted the xmit from the default 28mW to 35mw i plan on an external antenna mod, it seems like it would be pretty easy on this guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
airman Posted August 10, 2008 Posted August 10, 2008 (edited) update: i ordered a fan grill for it. it's just a plain old, chrome fan grille. i rethought it and thought it'd be cool to make it look a little more "stock" looking. that and some arctic silver alumina to use for the internal heatsinks. i hope to pimp this thing out as much as i can by the way, does anyone know if it's possible to run 2 seperate wireless networks from one router using dd-wrt? like one public and one private...i think that'd be cool too Edited August 10, 2008 by airman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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