4A gigabit install thermal pad

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4A gigabit router,

I want to install this device on a thermal Pet, how can I do this?

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To be clear, what is a "thermal Pet"?

Are you trying to add heat protection to the CPU?

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kittens you put in the microwave/oven ?

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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Thermal pad

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My cursory web search shows 2 things:

  • polyethylene terephthalate - a heat protective material
  • a pet friendly heated blanket
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please help us draw the line between the 4A and the thermal pad ?

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I want to learn how to install thermal pad on this device

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How is adding additional inert polyethylene terephthalate to your enclosure related to OpenWrt?

AI suggested:

Basic method:

1. Cut the PET sheet to the mounting size.

2. Attach plastic or nylon standoffs to the PET using screws or adhesive.

3. Fasten the router to the standoffs.

4. Ensure vents are unobstructed.

Not sure why you wish to heat your router (AI actually wondered about that, before worrying that you wanted to use an animal heating blanket, go figure).

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what's the goal here, is your device too cold ?

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No, my device is heating up, sqm performance is decreasing, my speed is decreasing, I want to make a thermal pet from it to increase performance, but I don't know how it's done

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I think you should cool it down, thermal pad sounds like going in the wrong direction ...

have you considered a fan ?

(moved thread to hw sub forum)

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To be clear, this will heat your device, not cool it. Installing thermal PET will degrade performance more.

Perhaps you need a heatsink or a fan instead?

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Still same? Today it is hot and slow, tomorrow cold and slow, but always everyone else is wrong?

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First of all, it's MT7621, I doubt it's running all that hot to begin with - and even if it did, it doesn't have the thermal sensors to confirm or deny it, nor to throttle. So how do you come to your conclusion?

Judging from the pictures on the device page, it's in a plastic case with a heat sink under an rf can, what you you expect a thermal pad to do here? At the best of times it won't do anything sensible - more likely it would even decrease cooling (especially with the distances to cover). If heat is an issue, you'll have to come up with a more involved strategy. Considering that the mir 4g is a quite dated low-cost device, part of the strategy might be to upgrade the hardware first-

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