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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It was engineered for passive cooling, even if just barely. I don't think you need something as elaborate as a case fan when the whole thing is perforated like that. A single USB fan blowing on the case from 6 inches away is sufficient to keep my formerly toasty modem barely warm to the touch.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

They're also engineered with the assumption that there is nothing within a 6 in radius and it is kept in a 70F room. Those are assumptions that often aren't true and lead to them overheating all the dang time.