Blowing air in.Is it blowing air in or sucking it out of the router?
Interesting discussion. To cool down or not to cool down.
Did anyone experienced burning out of AC68U working constantly with 85-90 deg C CPU temperature?
I'm just curious.
And by the way - found quite interesting fans from AC Infinity (http://www.acinfinity.com/quiet-usb-fans/) did anyone tried specifically these?
You can bungee just about anything to the back of the router. It doesn't need to look pretty. It's not rocket science, it's very easy.I thought that 2 x 120 mm are too big for AC68U back?
you are right! But I am now considering which size i need to buy. Maybe 80 mm fit better? Or one 140 mm? that's why asking about picture - to understand real dimensions comparably to router body.You can bungee just about anything to the back of the router. It doesn't need to look pretty. It's not rocket science, it's very easy.
just made fast test - i have small 60mm fan from Noctua for PC cases (didn't fit into my old Qnap before), so i made simple usb-connected fan. Same bungeed to back of router gave me in 3 minutes drop down of CPU temperature from 85 to 76 deg C.
To be honest, i don't care. this Asus was running flawlessly even with 85 deg CPU.Yep and the Netgear R-7000 has the same hardware and the CPU only runs at 57-59 C with no fan.
====> UPDATE: http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/threads/rt-ac68u-wifi-failure.29705/
AC Infinity MULTIFAN S5, Quiet Dual 80mm USB Fan strapped to RT-AC86U
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IJ2J2K0/?tag=snbforums-20
Would have liked to spend more time to screw the fans in but, it was very quick to zip-tie. Maybe in the future there will be time to 'bolt' it into the router and retire the zip-ties. Effective, but not elegant. UPDATE: I advise against plugging the fan into the USB slot unless you are certain the current drain will not exceed the source's capacity. Fan airflow is toward the router.
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