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Nighthawk M6 Pro (MR6450) keeps restarting itself during high download speed
Just like the topic suggest. My MR6450 keeps restarting itself during high download speed. The thing is that it does it every time I start a download on Steam. When it gets around 50-60mb/s that's when the router gets too warm and restart itself. Just like when a CPU gets too hot. I tried looking around to see if it's a common problem but I couldn't find any information on my issue at all. It's getting very annoying though. Does anyone know if there is a fix?
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Do you have the battery in it?
Is it running of AC power? Or battery?
Are you connected to it over wireless or over wired connection?
A small laptop fan might not be a bad idea if its getting that hot.
No battery. It's AC-Powered.
It's connected over wired connection. Although, there are 2 routers in between the Nighthawk M6 Pro.
My PC > Access point router > Router > Nighthawk M6 Pro.
The reason for all of that is because I am in a cabin outside my house. The Nighthawk M6 Pro is inside the house.
At first it only happened sometimes, but now it happens everytime I download something. Very annoying.
Just to test it, does it happen if the battery is in it?
I've seen some power supplies that can't put out their full power and under load, cause issues.
So might be worth checking to see if maybe when its under load, if its overloading the power supply and causing the reboot.
