Wifi adapter overheating?

[oblivion328]

I recently purchased a Netgear A2610 wifi adapter. I plugged it into a USB port on the back of my PC with the antenna extended in front of the exhaust fan without really thinking about it. While playing a fairly demanding game, my Internet cut out. The USB ports seem to be functioning just fine, so I'm curious if this could be because the device overheated due to me putting it where hot air blows right on it. I'm a bit worried I might have caused permanent damage, though it seems to be working normally again after I moved it.

 

[googlyeyedchicken]

Heat will make any peripheral sluggish. Some PNY flash drives (the all metal ones) get so hot you could cook an egg on them. The result is a. 00001 Mb transfer speed. I'd plug it in away from any hot air because some adapters are prone to overheating by themselves. The intense game probably caused more hot air to be blown onto the adapter thus making it sluggish. You could also get a USB female to male and use it as an extender to get the adapter away from any heat.

 

[googlyeyedchicken]

Heat will make any peripheral sluggish. Some PNY flash drives (the all metal ones) get so hot you could cook an egg on them. The result is a. 00001 Mb transfer speed. I'd plug it in away from any hot air because some adapters are prone to overheating by themselves. The intense game probably caused more hot air to be blown onto the adapter thus making it sluggish. You could also get a USB female to male and use it as an extender to get the adapter away from any heat.