How Not To Fix a Hot-running ASUS router

[Mihai]

My 87U runs at 50˚, 70˚ and 88˚ right now. Ambient temperature is 27˚.

How to remove the 2.4 ghz 5 ghz and cpu covers

 

[thelonelycoder]

How to remove the 2.4 ghz 5 ghz and cpu covers

I've had mine completely apart the other day to look for damage lightning did to the WAN port.
But I can't say how to remove them as I did not look too closely at them.

 

[Mihai]

I've had mine completely apart the other day to look for damage lightning did to the WAN port.
But I can't say how to remove them as I did not look too closely at them.

How to remove the cpu heatpad

 

[thelonelycoder]

How to remove the cpu heatpad

I've had it this far apart:
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/asus/rt-ac87u

 

[Mihai]

I've had it this far apart:

I've had it this far apart:
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/asus/rt-ac87u

i want to know how to take it apart

 

[thelonelycoder]

i want to know how to take it apart

As it says in the article. Remove the four screws, two are under the rubber triangles (I just poked through with the screwdriver).
Then gently pry it apart at the seam on the side with a flat object. Swiss Army knive works best...

 

[Mihai]

As it says in the article. Remove the four screws, two are under the rubber triangles (I just poked through with the screwdriver).
Then gently pry it apart at the seam on the side with a flat object. Swiss Army knive works best...

 

[Mihai]

Remove the metal plates

 

[wyliec2]

I used this on both an AC87 and an AC88 - makes the top of the case much, much cooler!!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MUAD9DA/?tag=snbforums-20

 

[jrmwvu04]

I garbage the heatsinks

You folks have been busy today I see.

 

[Mihai]

You folks have been busy today I see.

Please tell me if a new asuswrt build is available for my rt-ac87u

 

[thelonelycoder]

On cpu between 60 and 90

As I said before, these temperatures are perfectly normal, there is nothing to worry about it.

 

[Mihai]

As I said before, these temperatures are perfectly normal, there is nothing to worry about it.

Please tell me if a new asuswrt build is available for my rt-ac87u

 

[thelonelycoder]

Please tell me if a new asuswrt build is available for my rt-ac87u

380.68_0 is the latest.

 

[Mihai]

380.68_0 is the latest.

Where a new build will be available for my rt-ac87u

 

[Jack Yaz]

Where a new build will be available for my rt-ac87u

Let me check my crystal ball

 

[Mihai]

Let me check my crystal ball

Ok

 

[Mihai]

Ok

You have checked your crystal ball now

 

[Mihai]

Ok

You have checked your crystal ball now

 

[Mihai]

Let me check my crystal ball

Let me check my crystal ball

you have checked your crystal ball now