I have a TP-Link TL-SG1008 I bought some time ago, second hand. I never used it because the fan was horribly noisy and I didn't need more than 100Mbit anyway.
Now, I find myself needing the bandwidth. So I decided to look into the situation...
I did a pre-emptive recap of all the crapcaps (may have been unnecessary, the thing runs really cool anyway) but hey, why not?
I also replaced the original, noisy and worn, single fan with two new ones. Each of the new ones use half the power of the old, and make a fairly soft noise in comparison to the screech of the original fan.
After putting it into service, I then discovered how trashy on-board Realtek chips are... and had to upgrade to some decent Intel PCI-E cards.
Now, I find myself needing the bandwidth. So I decided to look into the situation...
I did a pre-emptive recap of all the crapcaps (may have been unnecessary, the thing runs really cool anyway) but hey, why not?
I also replaced the original, noisy and worn, single fan with two new ones. Each of the new ones use half the power of the old, and make a fairly soft noise in comparison to the screech of the original fan.
After putting it into service, I then discovered how trashy on-board Realtek chips are... and had to upgrade to some decent Intel PCI-E cards.
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