Re: Anyone else seen this.

Charlie Gibbs <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc,uk.d-i-y
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 2026-07-04, alan_m <[email protected]> wrote:

> Not router or flash memory but I had experience of set top boxes 
> overheating and becoming unreliable usually because the feet they fit to 
> the boxes only allows a few millimetres of air to circulate under the 
> box. I've often fitted taller feet and/or put the boxes on a a couple of 
> pieces of 2"x1" timber to increase the air flow beneath the box. Also I 
> don't stack one box on top of another that may be generating heat nor 
> operate the boxes in an enclosed cabinet.

I stood ours on its side; that seemed to help.

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