Netgear WGT624v2 Router

[LilKevin715]

Another router, more crapy caps. I guess Netgear is infamous for their use of craptastic Teapo caps.

Before

Only 2 caps that really need to redone, 2 X 25v 100uF Teapos.

After

Bad caps were replaced with 2 X 25v 100uF UCC KY. Of course I also added some heatsinks to the Atheros processor chip and the LAN controller chip.

Overall a quick job that took less than 5 minutes. However the boredom-bug got to me and I had to do something else to the router.


Some of you might be familiar with the old silver color that Netgear uses on their older routers. Well I decided that it was time for a refresher to make it look a bit more modern and look nicer. I had some spare Krylon black semi-gloss spraypaint and decided to spraypaint it black. Pictures don't do the finish justice. Oh well I now have a "limited edition" WGT624v2

I've searched the forums on Taicon caps (the other caps in the router) and there is little information on them. From what I've read so far it seems that they are ok, any more updated info on them?

[gonzo0815]

Re: Netgear WGT624v2 Router

I learned from here, that Taicon is the cheaper brand of one of the better manufakturer. As long as they aren`t heavily stressed, there are not mutch reports of failed ones.
If you have caps laying around, you can replace them, i won`t do it, unles there are problems.