it's not that much a matter of how hot but the matter of it not functioning properly after you leave it on for long time. Conclusions is that it will have problem when the chips are too hot. Since I leave my modem on 24/7, definitely will have problems. I find that almost all modems have similar problems.

It's crazy hot. The Broadcom chip, the big black 1 in the pix, I can't even keep my finger on it. It's that hot. The modem is on all day long but I don't BT yet it get's so hot. Even with the huge CM heatsink on it, still hot. I dunno if it's just mine. Y don't u try opening ure up n tell us if urs is hot too?

my zte also damn hot! dunno y. after the zte striked by lighting, i bought 1 aztech 2 replace it, this aztech run cool compare 2 the zte!

wahh, good job.
how much did this project cost you?

go n mod 1 of ur zte lah (the 1 sudah warranty habis).

i think is quite a cheap mod, coz ianho got plenty of acrylic! he doing modding works 4 ppl!

If 24/7 BT and nvr care bout the heat then ur modem [/B] Might [ end up like mine....13 months non-stop bt...modem nothing though very hot...14th month...my D-link jus hang there whenever i bt non stop for 6 hours.

checked mine, uses a smaller sized chip which isn't that hot but still will deteriorate if uncooled which is precisely what I did

don't know about you guys, but my aztech has been running at home fore more than2 years dee. 24/7 BT(mom gets annoyed everytime she looks at the electric bill). no problem with the adsl modem but got plenty of problem with tmnuts. i place my modem on the icy floor so there is no heat issue. I think it depends on what chip you're using la.

atmost there, how did you managed to power up the fan? external ac adapter?

We've got an old 200W PSU which we use for all sorts of stuff as well as to test our mods. So the fan's hooked up to it. Unless we know which volatage to tap from since the AC adapter takes in about 18v, a bit too high for any fan

Great.... this is the 1st time i saw some sort of Modem modding ... great effort you have there even though its abit nbtd ...

This post has been edited by HughieRmX: Apr 5 2006, 10:56 AM

Haha cool, DSL modem to cooled

i also have a ZTE modem from streamyx,

since i was so annoyed because of the heat it produces...

i just took the cover off and put a 80mm fan to cool it...

by taking the cover off, did i void the warranty from TMnut ??

my Zte modem looks exactly like that in the first post....

Sure Void d coz the sticker is on the side where the 2 covers join. Anyway my account is the rm88 a month 1mb account so theres no warranty. Ure using the 99 a month acc?

hey i also wanna do... where can i find the acrylic??

strangely, my aztech 350E is perfickly fine....(or issit 305E?) it never heats up, EVER.

My ZTE modem already comes with 2 heat sinks. I guess the manufacturer knew about this and then added into later models. But it still is too hot. After few days it will cause problems.

I was thinking of opening the cover also but is afraid of accidently shorting or something. BTW, where did you get the power for your FAN? wire go back into casing?

RM88 free modem package, the modem no warrenty ?

interesting mod here..
wanna try with mine also
i got the same modem also.

So isit rm88 free modem dont hav warrenty?

after added the cooling stuff, isit get any improve in the performance(*more stable, smooth connection) ?

This post has been edited by wiLL*lianG: Apr 8 2006, 01:12 AM

jum agreed with pizza boy. mine arr. bukak 1 bulan tak off still running cool. except the adapter la.

Wah u damn lucky that ures oredi comes with heatsinks.




IIRC oni the rm99 package got 1 year warranty.



No improvement 1 lar. It's just that if it's cooler then for sure will last longer.