Asus RT-N16 "Light" and "Cooling" mods

[hggomes]

Hi, in my case i used a heat-sink from CoolerMaster Blue Ice Cooler, i removed the fan (40mm), it has a glue tape mixed with a metal conductor so you can make it glued and conductive, it works perfectly. There are other heat-sinks that work the same way, it's a matter of some research on those heat-sinks =< 40mm to get a better temperature, the diference of temperature is big, i haven't measure it yet but it should be near 10º, it's not even warm. If you have one of this kind heat-sinks that fit in the "socket" without the glued tape (most kind) you can resolve it with a glue named PRITT, i've already test it and works fine it seems those materials used on GFX/NB of notebooks, its a kind of glue that doesn't dry (gum).

Good luck

@hggomes

Hey,

Could you share the details about the parts you purchased and used to upgrade the cooling for the RT-N16 ?

It would be extremely helpful if you could

Thanks !

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1 x WRT600N v1.1 DD-WRT 12638 BS Mini-USB
3 x WRT600N v1.1 DD-WRT 12058 BS Mini-USB

[Mookatroid]

Hi, in my case i used a heat-sink from CoolerMaster Blue Ice Cooler, i removed the fan (40mm), it has a glue tape mixed with a metal conductor so you can make it glued and conductive, it works perfectly. There are other heat-sinks that work the same way, it's a matter of some research on those heat-sinks =< 40mm to get a better temperature, the diference of temperature is big, i haven't measure it yet but it should be near 10º, it's not even warm. If you have one of this kind heat-sinks that fit in the "socket" without the glued tape (most kind) you can resolve it with a glue named PRITT, i've already test it and works fine it seems those materials used on GFX/NB of notebooks, its a kind of glue that doesn't dry (gum).

Good luck

Thanks for the info.
I should not have any problem finding CoolerMaster products.
However PRITT does not seem to make any computer-type glue.
Glue used to apply a heatsink should have thermal capabilities like this one .... http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...l_adhesive.htm

Yes ?

[hggomes]

Thanks for the info.
I should not have any problem finding CoolerMaster products.
However PRITT does not seem to make any computer-type glue.
Glue used to apply a heatsink should have thermal capabilities like this one .... http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_s...l_adhesive.htm

Yes ?

Yes in fact PRITT does not have thermal capabilities but also original ASUS RT-N16 heat-sink doesn't have either, is just PURE glue between both (cpu and heat-sink, ASUS made it that way it's because it's enough to do the job) and so many other devices just like notebooks, motherboards and others have only a kind of glue gum attached (without thermal capabilitie), so i think in some cases you don't need a EXTREME thermal capabilitie because it's not needed, but offcourse if you have even better.

PS: Have you noticed that all thermal sticks have glue on both sides of the thermal metal conductor?

Artic Silver should work fine (or 1 dollar 40mm thermal sticks), but you need to be careful because its conductivity and there's also other "problem" some people reported that you will never again take off the heat-sink, it will be stucked (artic = super glue).

What i will do is to measure the temperature of CPU with the glue and with the thermal stick so i can tell you the diferences, or eventually with my other unit try the artic silver and then compare all the three temperatures, of course it would be better if i could make it with 533Mhz, but i will try at 480 first.

[Mookatroid]

What i will do is to measure the temperature of CPU with the glue and with the thermal stick so i can tell you the diferences, or eventually with my other unit try the artic silver and then compare all the three temperatures, of course it would be better if i could make it with 533Mhz, but i will try at 480 first.

Standing by ....

[hggomes]

Standing by ....

Waiting for measure "stuff"