--- Ryan | Speed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's a Netgear WGT624 revision 1.. About 2-3 years old. > The chip blown is a Marvel chip, don't know the exact model. > > The Playstation 3 is dead in the water, it powers on but is > unresponsive > with no display. Has that funny burnt smell too. The good thing about > buying consoles at Sam's club is that you have a no questions asked > full year to return it for any reason. I think 99% of the items in > that > store > are like that except PCs. > > I also have more damages to report that I found out after I sent the > first > message yesterday. I ran out and bought another PS3 and after setting > it up, still got no display. It turns our the first PS3 passed on the > surge > via the HDMI cable and burned out HDMI1 on the lcd.. Doh. > After figuring that out, I got the new PS3 up and running and went to > do > a firmware update but couldn't get any network connectivity via > ethernet. > The router that blew was hooked via ethernet into the wall where it > was > sent about 100 feet through the house into the router in my bedroom > that > handles the actual internet connection. Turns out it zapped the port > in use > on the good router too.. So basically anything that was plugged into > that > bad > router got the crap knocked out of it. > > -Ryan > > > > On 10/11/07, 0x0000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- Ryan | Speed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Well it seems that this POS Netgear router decided to commit > > > seppuku and also take out my Playstation 3 with it. > > > > > > Honestly, I have no hard evidence the router actually did it. > > > My gut feeling tells me otherwise though. I had been having > > > trouble with it for about 6 months. Nothing serious, just the > > > wireless portion of it not connecting and having to unplug or > > > reset it entirely for it to come back up. There were other > > > things on the same power strip such as the 42" lcd. Thankfully > > > it survived. Also the circuit breaker for that wall outlet was > > > tripped, but nothing else was. No storms, no brown out or > > > anything to blame it on. > > > > The pic is of the router board? Which chip is that? I can't make > out > > the P/N. What are the PS3's symptoms? > > > > > > > > Below is a pick of the chip having the center blown out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 0x0000 > > > > > > > > Completely bizarre. It looks like some high-current power connection got crossed with the data lines. No idea why this router suddenly decided to spike all its network neighbors? Usually these things fail "open," causing the current to /stop/ flowing, not the reverse, as appears to have happened here... 0x0000 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CHAOS706.ORG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chaos706?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
