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From: jones on 25 Jan 2010 07:14 Have a NetComm modem NB6+4 ADSL 2+ Modem Router for my internet. However it gets very hot in a very short time, and I find myself turning it off every so often in case it blew up or something. Are most modems like that? Thank you Katherine
From: Fred on 25 Jan 2010 07:33 "jones" <jones(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:4b5d8b33$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > Have a NetComm modem NB6+4 ADSL 2+ Modem Router for my internet. However > it gets very hot in a very short time, and I find myself turning it off > every so often in case it blew up or something. > > Are most modems like that? Yes the NB6PLUS4 does seem to run hot. Who knows if most modems run as hot as that one. I do know that some run cooler. The particular Linksys modem that I am using now runs moderately warm.
From: me here on 25 Jan 2010 16:38 Fred wrote: > > "jones" <jones(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message > news:4b5d8b33$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > > Have a NetComm modem NB6+4 ADSL 2+ Modem Router for my internet. > > However it gets very hot in a very short time, and I find myself > > turning it off every so often in case it blew up or something. > > > > Are most modems like that? > > Yes the NB6PLUS4 does seem to run hot. Who knows if most modems run > as hot as that one. > I do know that some run cooler. The particular Linksys modem that I > am using now runs moderately warm. I have the same modem and yes it does run quite hot. I had my previous 3comm modem sitting on the floor on carpet, but like you was concerned about the Netcomm temperature and moved it to the top of the PC case so it could get maximum ventilation. Damn good modem and router though. I'm with TPG and never get disconnects or droppouts of any sort with it.
From: jones on 25 Jan 2010 18:42 > Damn good modem and router though. > > I'm with TPG and never get disconnects or droppouts of any sort with it. Thank you all for your help. I got it from TPG and I even lifted it up with blue tack and a couple of dowel rods for "legs". Good recommendation, so I might even try putting it on the tower as suggested. Gets it off the desk too. Hope I live to see the day when we can use all this equipment without ANY wires and cables. My desk looks like a tip. Thanks again Katherine
From: Hugh Jeego on 26 Jan 2010 05:49
A long, real long, time ago, I used to know the original developers of the Maestro modems. They brought out a new and fast 2400 baud ZXR modem and forgot, in the design of the case, to include any vents for heat to release. Consequently, after some hours online or in Summer, about 30 minutes online, it would start to throw garbage characters at the computer and sometimes it would lose the line. Basically, I unscrewed the case and left it sitting open and that never happened again. Try that. As for the owners, they didn't seem to understand that simple little thing and said it didn't overheat. So I asked them to explain where heat caused by the modem would go with the case done up and they sat slack jawed on the line for a moment and then I reminded them that unless you lived in a cooler climate than Sydney gets to, especially in Summer, it gets burning hot inside their cases. Their 9600 baud modems had adequate heat release - they thought heat sinks would do it all but what can they do when they cant release heat? Oh and the old computer I had back then was also prone to overheating. I would leave the side off it and run a household fan at it and it didn't overheat any longer. It wasn't dust, either, just an old computer and me wanting it to do a lot. So - try undoing the case and if need be use a fan. Cheap options that may work. "jones" <jones(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message news:4b5d8b33$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > Have a NetComm modem NB6+4 ADSL 2+ Modem Router for my internet. However > it gets very hot in a very short time, and I find myself turning it off > every so often in case it blew up or something. > > Are most modems like that? > > Thank you > Katherine > > |