E220 Usb modem over heating

[AirWolf]

Mine also tends to get quite hot - signal strength about 20%.

 

[Iam3G]

I am loving 3.6! But my modem is now twice as hot as it used to get. I wonder if the E272 will have a built-in cooling thingy...

[*EDIT*]: I was thinking now, if the E220 gets this hot already on 3.6, will it be able handle 7.2 after that Firmware Upgrade?

 

[AirWolf]

I am loving 3.6! But my modem is now twice as hot as it used to get. I wonder if the E272 will have a built-in cooling thingy...

[*EDIT*]: I was thinking now, if the E220 gets this hot already on 3.6, will it be able handle 7.2 after that Firmware Upgrade?

I was wondering the same thing.

 

[kingrob]

I use my E220 with my desktop and laptop & with the desktop it doesn't get hot (connected via the USB X 2 cable), but with my laptop it gets really hot.

So what about HSDPA mobile phones? Do they get hot as well?

 

[AirWolf]

I had my E220 cover drilled at work today. Will test tonight to check the heat and also if any affect on speed.

 

[Iam3G]

Had a customer late last night, just before closing time. He said he saw a "white light" and his modem stopped working. I smelled the modem, and it was smelling like something burnt out. Plugged in my Machine, smelled more smoke, the green light flashed only once when plugged in, then it dies.

 

[AirWolf]

Had a customer late last night, just before closing time. He said he saw a "white light" and his modem stopped working. I smelled the modem, and it was smelling like something burnt out. Plugged in my Machine, smelled more smoke, the green light flashed only once when plugged in, then it dies.

So what exactly inside burns out?

 

[ic]

Had a customer late last night, just before closing time. He said he saw a "white light" and his modem stopped working. I smelled the modem, and it was smelling like something burnt out. Plugged in my Machine, smelled more smoke, the green light flashed only once when plugged in, then it dies.

Could be over-heating I guess, but wouldn't be surprised if the poor E220 got pushed into a pool of unfriendly liquid.

 

[Iam3G]

So what exactly inside burns out?

I dunno. V3G mentioned something about the radio transmitters. My guess would be that. I mean, if that burns out, damage would spread over the whole modem.

 

[vodacom3g]

I dunno. V3G mentioned something about the radio transmitters. My guess would be that. I mean, if that burns out, damage would spread over the whole modem.

Most likely the high power components such as the transmitters or the power supply.