htismaqe
Very Senior Member
As I've been posting my thoughts about my new Linksys EA6900 over in the Buying Advice forum, I came to the point where I wanted to record my observations about the unit's heat dissipation (seems to be a common complain with the EA series out on the Net). While I was getting ready to do that, I decided it might good for me to share the reason why I've never had thermal issues with really any home electronic device I've ever owned.
I have a big bag of these:
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608002910662953073&pid=15.1
They're felt furniture sliders for hardwood floors (we have hardwood floors). It took me about 2 seconds after we started using them to realize that I could also use them to improve air flow on all of my gear.
When I buy a new HDD enclosure, router, or whatever, the first thing I do is stick these babies together about 3 high and stick them on the feet of the device. It creates about an inch of clearance underneath and they're sticky enough that they don't shift or fall off but not sticky enough to be permanent.
Hell, I put them on my PS3 and Xbox too. I haven't had a single thermal failure in the 6 or so years I've been doing it. So far, my EA6900 isn't running even warm, let alone hot.
I have a big bag of these:
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608002910662953073&pid=15.1
They're felt furniture sliders for hardwood floors (we have hardwood floors). It took me about 2 seconds after we started using them to realize that I could also use them to improve air flow on all of my gear.
When I buy a new HDD enclosure, router, or whatever, the first thing I do is stick these babies together about 3 high and stick them on the feet of the device. It creates about an inch of clearance underneath and they're sticky enough that they don't shift or fall off but not sticky enough to be permanent.
Hell, I put them on my PS3 and Xbox too. I haven't had a single thermal failure in the 6 or so years I've been doing it. So far, my EA6900 isn't running even warm, let alone hot.