What to do with two dead routers (Besides throw them in the trash)?

[ComputerWizKid]

A friend gave two Linksys BEFSR41 Routers (One is V2 and the other a V4.3 Hardware revision) and both of them are dead (Well one worked until I accidentally pulled out power while flashing the firmware) The V2 will not power up properly and the red "DIAG" led will not go out and now the other V4.3 has a fast flashing power LED since my firmware incident. Is there anyway to fix these things? Or should I just save the valuable parts on the board? (Valuable to me as I like to do electronic projects not valuable $ wise) Anyway I was going to save the wall adapters as I can always use a 9V and a 12 Volt adapter in other things. I know they are cheap routers but if I could save them from the landfill I will try :biggrin:

 

[PM650]

Try replacing the caps in the one that didn't work originally - using the caps from the bad-firmware one will work but they're probably on their way out as well. Although you might not want to cannibalize the firmware one if you can manage to fix it, in which case new caps will be cheap.

http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4784

 

[ComputerWizKid]

I took both routers apart and the Caps look good (No bulging or leaking) any other ideas?

 

[PM650]

...but you didn't read the thread I linked to:

The D-Paston caps inside all looked fine with no bulging.

The faulty caps on this board looked just fine to the eye but one of those "ok" caps had an ESR of 70 ohms.

:whiste:

Unless this project isn't worth the time or expense for you, it's worth a shot imo.

 

[ChaiBabbaChai]

melt them and sell the metal, like they do in the slums of China and India.