H96 PRO Plus - and other cool hardware mods

[chenrp]

What is it??? An aluminum Heat sink????

Yep. It is a logo replacement made out of aluminum and with thermal pad touching the modified heatsink

[neutester]

Yep. It is a logo replacement made out of aluminum and with thermal pad touching the modified heatsink

I like it and would be interested to hear the end results after you have had a chance to test it out. How thick is the aluminum? Thanks for the reply!!

[chenrp]

I like it and would be interested to hear the end results after you have had a chance to test it out. How thick is the aluminum? Thanks for the reply!!

Please see previous mod! It is the best!

[panchovilla]

here is a top case made with 3d printer

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2316822

That looks nice. I don't think vent holes are enough though.

[chenrp]

That looks nice. I don't think vent holes are enough though.

no need for vets as my early mod is already good enough. my temps won't got above 65 degrees.

[panchovilla]

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[imaddiced2u]

Latest cooling mod. I tried a tiny fan first, worked fine but it spun at 3000rpm and emitted an annoying whine.
This is made from packing foam with cutout sized to accept a 5V laptop cooling fan. The foam is stuck to the case with 2sided tape at each corner. The fan is just press fit in place. I'ts purposely left protruding to create a chamber underneath. When I push the fan all the way down temps increase a few degrees. The alfawise logo strip is removed and heat sink replaced with a larger one with 3M thermal transfer tape. This fan moves the same CFM of air as the smaller fan but spins slower so is nearly silent. It's powered from a USB port on my Home Theater System.
Idle temp 28-30C, Watching HD video 34-37C
I also changed the stock 2.5A power supply for a 4A model. It doesn't even get warm.
Edit: I measured the current draw of the USB fan. It draws 0.08 amp (80 ma)

[mcerk02]

This is my cooling fan mod, https://imgur.com/a/JmvjG

[panchovilla]

This is my cooling fan mod, https://imgur.com/a/JmvjG

That is a big fan. That might drain the board and the power adapter. Get a more powerful adapter. At least 3A output. 4-5, even better.

[mcerk02]

That is a big fan. That might drain the board and the power adapter. Get a more powerful adapter. At least 3A output. 4-5, even better.

I did consider this when I put the fan on but never got around to getting a larger power supply, haven't had a problem so far though, been running it like this for a few months now and I use it almost daily....

[panchovilla]

I did consider this when I put the fan on but never got around to getting a larger power supply, haven't had a problem so far though, been running it like this for a few months now and I use it almost daily....

I killed my stock power supply two days ago. I had a small 30MM fan soldered to the hidden USB leads.

[mcerk02]

I killed my stock power supply two days ago. I had a small 30MM fan soldered to the hidden USB leads.

Where did you get your replacement?

[panchovilla]

Where did you get your replacement?

Grab one at ****. Less than $8 delivered.

[imaddiced2u]

That is a big fan. That might drain the board and the power adapter. Get a more powerful adapter. At least 3A output. 4-5, even better.

According to the pic of the fan it is draws 0.15 amp (150ma) at 12 volts. So it will draw 0.0625 amp (62.5ma) when connected to 5 volts but run slower and move less air. No problem for a USB port.

[imaddiced2u]

I use this CPU Temp app to display CPU temperature. Turn on overlay in settings to leave temperature on screen when app is closed.

https://cputemp.en.aptoide.com/