Fan mod w/ external power supply causes rebooting!!

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ChiGGz
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PostPosted: Mon May 07, 2007 19:52    Post subject: Fan mod w/ external power supply causes rebooting!! Reply with quote
I modded a fan outside of the case with an external power source. For some reason, the router reboots at random times with it on. The power lines are all external as well....why is this happening??

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ChiGGz
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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2007 23:08    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2007 1:51    Post subject: Reply with quote
are you sure thats the problem because if it is external i think there should not be a problem unless the magnetic area affects the chips which i dont think because power is too low
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PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:36    Post subject: Reply with quote
TenkaBSD wrote:
are you sure thats the problem because if it is external i think there should not be a problem unless the magnetic area affects the chips which i dont think because power is too low


I know it's weird! I even went as far as to place tin foil underneath the motor. Right now I'm running without the fan and there hasn't been any reboots as of late. The fan is still mounted to the case but it's no longer spinning. All signs point to the fan being the culprit.

This may sound stupid, but could the fan motor be interrupting the wireless signal somehow??
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PostPosted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:48    Post subject: Reply with quote
What kind of fan is it? The only thing I can think of (and this may be a stretch) is that the fan is creating electrical noise and interfering with the router.
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PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2007 4:14    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's a relatively small fan as you can see in the image. What you can't see is the power cord on the outside of the router going behind the ethernet ports.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 20:45    Post subject: Reply with quote
any one have any ideas
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 11, 2023 23:19    Post subject: Reply with quote
Does it overheat without the fan?
without the fan does it reboot also?
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 0:15    Post subject: Reply with quote
Necro-bumping a thread from 2007. You are (on) a (t)roll.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 10:59    Post subject: Reply with quote
dale_gribble39 wrote:
Necro-bumping a thread from 2007. You are (on) a (t)roll.

That's a CRT monitor.... Smile

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 11:01    Post subject: Reply with quote
inetquestion wrote:
Does it overheat without the fan?
without the fan does it reboot also?

Putting or baking a device on top of a CRT monitor was definitely a bad idea. CRTs are hot devices.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 12, 2023 12:00    Post subject: Reply with quote
It was probably a matter of failing AC power adapter / not adding a beefier power adapter / too much current draw by the fan OR possible failing caps on the SoC, since it's similar to the WRT54G* devices.
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