Reply To: Converting DSL-AC68U to RT-AC68U for use as AiMesh Node – Solved I’m sure there were a series of posts on the old forum about hacking a DSL-AC68U to make it into an RT-AC68U. Sadly those posts are lost and not cached…

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@Zendilar has done some great work on this and good to see inside the DSL-AC68U.

I have always wondered this since I converted my  DSL-AC68U to RMerlin a couple of years ago.

DSL-AC68U has :

1 x 2.4 GHz wifi chip (Broadcom)

1 x 5 GHz wifi chip  (Broadcom)

1 x Main CPU   (Broadcom)

1 x DSL chip (MedaiTeK)

So from the temps given by GNUton firmware, we are getting temps from wifi and Main CPU, but no temps from DSL chipset

I wonder if that chipset (DSL) is sitting next to main CPU and has no thermal pad, hence why main CPU is getting really hot ?

Either way, ASUS poor thermal design

My DSL-AC68U with RMerlin temps are:

2.4 GHz     –   52 C

5 GHz      –    54 C

CPU        –     86 C

So getting very warm acting as AiMesh Node ;-)

 

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