Comments on: WRT54G/GL http://blog.savel.org/2008/08/10/wrt54ggl/ Same chaos as in my room or DIY guide for you. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:32:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: RedLion http://blog.savel.org/2008/08/10/wrt54ggl/comment-page-1/#comment-297 RedLion Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:02:15 +0000 http://blog.savel.org/2008/08/10/wrt54ggl/#comment-297 Five months to the day since I used your fix. I've been up and running 24/7 the entire time without a single problem. I had to use tall caps, but grinding away a tiny bit of the case was no problem. It went together perfectly. Thanks! Five months to the day since I used your fix. I’ve been up and running 24/7 the entire time without a single problem.

I had to use tall caps, but grinding away a tiny bit of the case was no problem. It went together perfectly.

Thanks!

]]> By: Administrator http://blog.savel.org/2008/08/10/wrt54ggl/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Administrator Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:54:35 +0000 http://blog.savel.org/2008/08/10/wrt54ggl/#comment-262 Capacity is not very important- more farads, better the quality of the voltage. Only one thing to check- in the input of regulator the voltage is 16V or something like this, so cap must be 16 or more volts. After regulator voltage is only 5, 3 or even 1.8V. So here come 6.3V caps from mainboards. And only physical size matter- if you place tall cap, you can not close the box. :) 16V caps must be in same line as input power connector. Just use tester in line continuity mode and check "+" line. Capacity is not very important- more farads, better the quality of the voltage. Only one thing to check- in the input of regulator the voltage is 16V or something like this, so cap must be 16 or more volts. After regulator voltage is only 5, 3 or even 1.8V. So here come 6.3V caps from mainboards. And only physical size matter- if you place tall cap, you can not close the box. :)

16V caps must be in same line as input power connector. Just use tester in line continuity mode and check “+” line.

]]> By: RedLion http://blog.savel.org/2008/08/10/wrt54ggl/comment-page-1/#comment-261 RedLion Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:58:09 +0000 http://blog.savel.org/2008/08/10/wrt54ggl/#comment-261 Okay, I've disassembled one of my GLs, but I don't know which cap should be 470uF. Can you give me a pointer? Thanks! Okay, I’ve disassembled one of my GLs, but I don’t know which cap should be 470uF. Can you give me a pointer?

Thanks!

]]> By: RedLion http://blog.savel.org/2008/08/10/wrt54ggl/comment-page-1/#comment-260 RedLion Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:48:27 +0000 http://blog.savel.org/2008/08/10/wrt54ggl/#comment-260 Wow! This is an excellent post! I have two GLs both running Tomato. About every six to eight weeks I have to swap them out. The "bad" one eventually becomes the good one... I think I'll disassemble the current "bad" one and replace the caps, find out if this helps. Thanks for the info! Wow! This is an excellent post! I have two GLs both running Tomato. About every six to eight weeks I have to swap them out. The “bad” one eventually becomes the good one…

I think I’ll disassemble the current “bad” one and replace the caps, find out if this helps.

Thanks for the info!

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