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wl520-gu overheating ???

Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:49 am
by Jeanrocco
Hello, did anyone experienced a router freeze while playing music ? To the touch the CPU was fairly hot, so I added an small heat-sink on the CPU with creasy glue, and so far no more freezes... Anyone ?

Re: wl520-gu overheating ???

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 1:12 am
by mightyohm
I haven't seen freezes but the CPU does get hot, that is normal. A heatsink is not a bad idea.

Re: wl520-gu overheating ???

Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 9:22 am
by Jeanrocco
Ho ! an answer by the Master :-), thanks, I guess I have a sensitive router then, it's been on continuously for the last 4 or 5 months now... and started to freeze about a couple of days ago. But since the heatsink, no freeze,... fingers crossed ! Made the same radio with a Raspberry Pi and the same USB sound card (stereo + quality) I'm even starting to learn (and like) Python... it's all your fault :-) ! Bye for now !

Re: wl520-gu overheating ???

Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:41 pm
by Jeanrocco
well in retrospect, I think my wifi goes bezerk now and then, I couldn't find out why yet, but the wl520-gu overheating has nothing to do with it, my sincere appologies... :-)