Hellstra
I'm getting totally sick of them. I didn't choose them, I'm forced to use them because I can't get anything else in the area. 
Reliability just doesn't exist with their mobile service. It's driving me mad. 
In fact, it's a miracle I managed to post this.
Their gateway (they force you to use theirs) is glitchy and runs very hot. The signal strength lights often stay on even when the signal drops out, while inside there's a hot-running chip with a small aluminium heatsink inside a small plastic enclosure with no fan. Whoever built the thing knows NOTHING about thermal engineering. This is why I call them Hellstra.
Hellstra
Bad caps _could_ be part of the problem, but it never really worked in the first place. I'm inclined to go "to heck with the warranty", but my Mum won't let me. This is the SECOND gateway, BTW; I blew up the first one early last year out of frustration.
I got a Connectland HDD cooler for free with two 50mm slimline fans. Would you suggest using one of them to cool the thing down???
Or would you suggest installing it in a different case???
I don't really care if all I can do involves voiding the warranty. I guess they kept shrinking the heatsink until it wouldn't work, then upsized it just enough to make the thing barely work at a room temperature of 20C.
Reliability just doesn't exist with their mobile service. It's driving me mad. In fact, it's a miracle I managed to post this.Their gateway (they force you to use theirs) is glitchy and runs very hot. The signal strength lights often stay on even when the signal drops out, while inside there's a hot-running chip with a small aluminium heatsink inside a small plastic enclosure with no fan. Whoever built the thing knows NOTHING about thermal engineering. This is why I call them Hellstra.
HellstraBad caps _could_ be part of the problem, but it never really worked in the first place. I'm inclined to go "to heck with the warranty", but my Mum won't let me. This is the SECOND gateway, BTW; I blew up the first one early last year out of frustration.
I got a Connectland HDD cooler for free with two 50mm slimline fans. Would you suggest using one of them to cool the thing down???
Or would you suggest installing it in a different case???
I don't really care if all I can do involves voiding the warranty. I guess they kept shrinking the heatsink until it wouldn't work, then upsized it just enough to make the thing barely work at a room temperature of 20C.
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