Mickey Mouse Modem Moddin'

Wordbiker · 25-July-04, 12:35 PM

The summer heat has played havoc with computers at my house, and not with the PCs themselves. My cooling mods have done well for those, but the things I've never addressed have been knocking me offline...namely, the DSL modem and router.

Apparently, due to the location and design, heat has been causing some malfunctions, so I came up with this quickie mod to keep me in bandwidth.
The power transformer is one of those cheapo "universal" units that actually works quite well for the app. The voltage is adjustable in small increments to adjust the fan speed. The fans were pulls from old dead PSUs.

Final conclusion: It works awesome for the money invested ($0.00)

Cyno01 · 25-July-04, 01:01 PM

Awsome functional mod. Good work. Dunno if you've seen this guys modem mod.

Wordbiker · 25-July-04, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Cyno01


	Awsome functional mod. Good work. Dunno if you've seen this guys modem mod.

Nice work!
I doubt I'll do anything that intense. I just got the old modem replaced for free by the provider...I think they'd frown upon warranteeing one that's been modded. After looking at my own pics, I may do a more permanent base to stealth those wires, something like a laptop cooler. Now that I could mod to my heart's content...

FizzledFiend · 29-July-04, 02:04 AM

aye I no mod my modem no more! I did something sililar to the linked gallary images..and whelp when the modem took a **** I payed out the nose for it. 250 bucks from ISP when could have bought the same modem for 125 @ bestbuy :| anal retentive RoadRunner!

SexyPants · 29-July-04, 02:07 AM

Oh man I used to have that Speedstream I think and if I recall, I was having heating problems as well.

25-July-04, 12:35 PM		#1 (permalink)
Wordbiker Apex Tech God	Mickey Mouse Modem Moddin' The summer heat has played havoc with computers at my house, and not with the PCs themselves. My cooling mods have done well for those, but the things I've never addressed have been knocking me offline...namely, the DSL modem and router. Apparently, due to the location and design, heat has been causing some malfunctions, so I came up with this quickie mod to keep me in bandwidth. The power transformer is one of those cheapo "universal" units that actually works quite well for the app. The voltage is adjustable in small increments to adjust the fan speed. The fans were pulls from old dead PSUs. Final conclusion: It works awesome for the money invested ($0.00) Attached Thumbnails

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25-July-04, 01:01 PM		#2 (permalink)
Cyno01 Apex Tech God	Awsome functional mod. Good work. Dunno if you've seen this guys modem mod.

29-July-04, 02:04 AM		#4 (permalink)
FizzledFiend Apex Master Tech	aye I no mod my modem no more! I did something sililar to the linked gallary images..and whelp when the modem took a **** I payed out the nose for it. 250 bucks from ISP when could have bought the same modem for 125 @ bestbuy :\| anal retentive RoadRunner!

29-July-04, 02:07 AM		#5 (permalink)
SexyPants 5-Hoe-1 Jeans	Oh man I used to have that Speedstream I think and if I recall, I was having heating problems as well.