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smeten

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    smeten reacted to Maskot in Put a fan inside your passively cooled wifi router!   
    Requirements:

    1. Wifi Router
    2. USB Port on the Wifi Router
    3. Enough space inside for a fan
    4. Soldering Skills
    5. Thin Fan
    6. some sort of fan connector, you probably have one lying around.
    6. Hot Glue Gun
    In this Tutorial, I will be using a Linksys E3000
     
    Step 1. Disassemble your Wifi Router.  WARNING: This will void the warranty.

     
    Step 2. Find the USB Port on the back, depending on how it's facing, the ground and positive wire should be soldered to the left most and right most pins.
     

     
    Step 3. Hot glue the ends of the wires and hot glue the extra wire into place on the case of the wifi router to make sure they don't flop around inside.

     
    Step 4. Hot glue the fan onto the other side of the case, make sure it doesn't obstruct anything when checking placement.

     
    Step 5. Connect the fan to the connector, make sure it works before putting it back together, snap the case closed and put the screws back in, then you're done.
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