Cracking open the Linksys WRT54G wireless router
The main circuit board
Here's the main circuit board removed from the bottom panel. Note the capacitors (circled in red). The capacitors should be flat on top, as shown here. Rounded or leaking tops are a sign the unit suffered an electrical surge and needs to be replaced.
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 Pushbutton DMZ and IPcop?byoung@... | 04/23/07 |
 Linux on the WRT54Gmrgigo@... | 04/24/07 |
 Linux on the WRT54G v5riverofcode@... | 04/24/07 |
 DD-WRT Still better than nothingmellsworth@... | 04/24/07 |
| 100% Agree about DD-WRT on this Linksys device!richard.allen@... | 04/27/07 |
| WRT54G(S) WRT54GLscrantic@... | 04/24/07 |
| Correctcgoodwin73@... | 04/26/07 |
| Has anyone noticed failures lately?jimrinflorida@... | 04/26/07 |
| Does the particular model have a firmware update?Handtech TC 92119 | 04/26/07 |
| wrt54g firmware update toolthfonz@... | 04/26/07 |
| They have most recent Firmwarejimrinflorida@... | 04/27/07 |
| WRT54G Routers Failing.enriquechristian | 04/29/07 |
| Same thing herejimrinflorida@... | 04/29/07 |
| I thought it was my ISPray.buczynski@... | 05/01/07 |
| Linux install = OpenWRTNeon Samurai | 04/26/07 |
| Remote Desktop Through Linksys WRT54Gaquilant@... | 04/04/08 |
| asus and linuxkarsten.breivik@... | 04/24/07 |
| Rounded capsputergurl@... | 04/24/07 |
| RE:Rounded CapsRoc Riz | 04/25/07 |
| Totally correctnoorman | 04/26/07 |
| List of Bad caps Makersnoorman | 04/26/07 |
| Good Info!cgoodwin73@... | 04/26/07 |
| Failed unitsnboehme@... | 04/26/07 |
| Technically speaking....WKL | 04/25/07 |
| Correctnoorman | 04/26/07 |
| Transformers?tbmmem@... | 04/26/07 |
| Linksys Wall WartWKL | 04/26/07 |
| Locating hardware version numbergaren_evans2@... | 04/27/07 |
| And here I got excited...captxunderpants@... | 04/30/07 |
| Undoubtedly a symptom...WKL | 05/02/07 |
| My Linksys ExperienceOntario Canada | 05/08/07 |
| Broadcom or routerboard.comkarsten.breivik@... | 05/09/07 |
| Open SourceOntario Canada | 05/09/07 |
| best of luckkarsten.breivik@... | 05/09/07 |
| NO PROBLEM WITH MY WRT54G V5 UNITllgingras@... | 09/13/07 |
