I’m booting openwrt off a usb c thumb drive connected to a fanless Celeron mini pc. The pc is cool but the thumb drive is so hot i can’t touch it.

Any ideas?

    • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I wouldn’t call it normal. It’s the norm because the market is flooded with crappy drives using JMicron chips. Buy something with a Realtek or Asmedia chip and it will work fine without getting hot.

    • teawrecks@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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      1 month ago

      It’s normal for it to heat up under load, but it’s not normal for it to be under load 24/7 indefinitely.