Hello,
i picked this router up at the local goodwill for $4, brought it home and tested it out, seemed to work ok, so I flashed it with the recommend Kong build of dd-wrt, still working good.
I then unplugged it to move it to another location and when I plugged it back in it was bricked. Completely unpingable.
Tried a different power brick with similar ratings from another working router and it made no difference.
Took the router apart and hooked up a serial connection and there was no output.
I unplugged it for a while and then plugged it back in and it started working again. Worked great for several hours, so I thought maybe dd-wrt was causing some issue when powering off,
so I flashed back to the stock Netgear firmware and then did a factory reset for good measure.
Turned the router off and then back on and again bricked.
I leave it unplugged for a while and it works again until the next time it's turned off.
I only see 3 caps on the board. 1 330uF 16v near the power plug and 2 solid caps that I think are 470uF 6v on the opposite corner of the board.
None of them look like they are bulging or leaking, but I know that doesn't necessarily mean that they are good.
Does the symptoms this router is having seem like the caps are likely the problem?
Maybe something else in the power section?
thanks
i picked this router up at the local goodwill for $4, brought it home and tested it out, seemed to work ok, so I flashed it with the recommend Kong build of dd-wrt, still working good.
I then unplugged it to move it to another location and when I plugged it back in it was bricked. Completely unpingable.
Tried a different power brick with similar ratings from another working router and it made no difference.
Took the router apart and hooked up a serial connection and there was no output.
I unplugged it for a while and then plugged it back in and it started working again. Worked great for several hours, so I thought maybe dd-wrt was causing some issue when powering off,
so I flashed back to the stock Netgear firmware and then did a factory reset for good measure.
Turned the router off and then back on and again bricked.
I leave it unplugged for a while and it works again until the next time it's turned off.
I only see 3 caps on the board. 1 330uF 16v near the power plug and 2 solid caps that I think are 470uF 6v on the opposite corner of the board.
None of them look like they are bulging or leaking, but I know that doesn't necessarily mean that they are good.
Does the symptoms this router is having seem like the caps are likely the problem?
Maybe something else in the power section?
thanks
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