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| di 624 reboot problem I found something intresting on the di 624 rev c that might be causing some reboot problems. Thanks to a few people on here that got me thinking Funchords and talon88 and one other then i found your id i will post it too.
With all of us having reboot funchord sorry but after about 3 days the Xr mode went to reboot. As one person said i am going to take it put in the washing machine on rinse cycle and put tennis balls in there for good luck and see what happens!!!
I opened the router looking for bad traces of solider on the board didnt any but i notice something i noticed they had a shield around the transmitter i decided to check it out and look for bad joints looking around and was going to out the shield on starting looking at why not leave it off. I noticed alot in the forums that it runs fine without wireless so left it out.
It has been running 3 days and counting it is horizontal and i have had the wireless going crazy to force it to reboot to no avil.
Still thoery but i believe the holes in the shield are too small for the transmitter. Might be a large pocket of heat on the one chip causing the reboot. |
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 funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | said by hayabusa3303:i decided to check it out and look for bad joints looking around and was going to out the shield on starting looking at why not leave it off. I noticed alot in the forums that it runs fine without wireless so left it out. Sounds great!!
If you still have the back off of the thing, can you post a "before" and "after" picture so that people know what you're talking about?
If it is what I'm thinking, this is doubly ironic because the shield is intended to protect the transmitting circuits from stray RF -- which presumably would cause the router to reboot!
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| i will try to get some pics of it up tommorrow.
Yes it is the shield. im running it at 50 % power.
Firmware version 2.50.
For the people who have opened the di-624 REV c i also notice there is a second antenna which you could solider in but it is blank. Starting to wander if it is a load issue with the transmitter. Or if this is a old design from rev A and B. |
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| Found i pic of a di 624 Rec c
Where the little yellow arrow is where the shield is at. I have taken this off leaving it open not closed in the pic.
Its a theory but is seems to be working. |
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 katmeefPremium,VIP
join:2002-04-07
Hamilton, ON | reply to hayabusa3303
Yesterday, I got the idea to and disabled the options for VPN pass-through and have had no problems since (over 24hours) The router seems faster making connections when I'm starting torrents as well.
I have also found that completely disabling super G seems to help considerably with stability.
In addition to those changes, my router runs in G only mode and I have disabled SSID broadcast. I think those are the only changes from factory defaults. |
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funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | reply to hayabusa3303
said by hayabusa3303:For the people who have opened the di-624 REV c i also notice there is a second antenna which you could solider in but it is blank. Starting to wander if it is a load issue with the transmitter. Or if this is a old design from rev A and B. Ant #2 should be a rather long trace on the PC Board. It's supposed to be a diversity antenna.
Rev A didn't have the trace, it had two external antennas.
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 Talon88 The One
join:2003-08-13
Toronto | reply to hayabusa3303
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DI-624-C3
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funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5
1 edit | I wonder if this is antenna 2? If so, it's probably half wave... about 2.75 inches. |
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Talon88 The One
join:2003-08-13
Toronto
1 edit | reply to hayabusa3303
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Yes, On Board 2nd Antenna of C3.....!
That's why stand the router up is always better....!
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| I did see that one but if you look up from the one you circled there are three traces of solider just north of the plastic pin that is for a other antenna so it is possible for three antennas to run on the unit. For some reason they only put one on the box when it can run two just like rev A and b.
i posted the pic but it will not display for some reason. |
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| Talon did you notice the sheild and really there is no way for air to get to the transmitter they have holes on the top but none on the bottom or sides. |
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funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | reply to hayabusa3303
said by hayabusa3303:I did see that one but if you look up from the one you circled there are three traces of solider just north of the plastic pin that is for a other antenna so it is possible for three antennas to run on the unit. For some reason they only put one on the box when it can run two just like rev A and b. My strong suspicion is that there are only two. If you want to add a second external antenna, you will want to break a trace (perhaps on the underside of the board) between the built-in antenna and your new external one.
I'm now thinking this is a quarter-wave antenna -- it's too small to be half wave. It might be worth doing.
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| After looking you would break the trace on the top side of the board.
IM running 4 days and no reboot and counting. 61 million packets and 28 million though the wireless side and its running strong. Still theory but seems to be working . Could be why the router likes to run vertial too the heat is away from the chip, is south in the circuit there when you point it on its side. |
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funchordsHelloPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-11
Yarmouth Port, MA
kudos:5 | Yep -- simply putting it on its side, vertically, and helped a lot of people. |
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 Greg_ZPremium
join:2001-08-08
Springfield, IL | reply to hayabusa3303
Go my way, ditch the DI-624 for a different router (got a WRTP54G with Vonage), and let Linksys figure out what to do with the doorstop.
I got mine to stay stable for over a month by turning off XR mode, keeping it at 2.50 firmware, turning Auto channel on, placing in 'G' mode, and doing some other housework things.
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Talon88 The One
join:2003-08-13
Toronto
1 edit | reply to hayabusa3303
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Of cause no hole at the bottom because bottom is
the PCB (MainBroad).
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said by hayabusa3303:Talon did you notice the sheild and really there is no way for air to get to the transmitter they have holes on the top but none on the bottom or sides. --
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»DI-624 Firmware update w/ Crash Recovery Step by S --
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 TsumePremium
join:2004-02-23
Johnson City, TN | reply to Greg_Z
Do you know how long it took Linksys to fix the problems with their WRT54G/S routers and World of Warcraft?
Hint: More than 1/2 a year. |
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Greg_ZPremium
join:2001-08-08
Springfield, IL | said by Tsume:Do you know how long it took Linksys to fix the problems with their WRT54G/S routers and World of Warcraft? Hint: More than 1/2 a year. Who cares about gaming, I use mine for research for school, and work use.
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| reply to Talon88
Correct how it is suppose to vent ? If there is no hole on the pcb. How is the cool air going to get in and cool it down with the shield on? that is what i want to know.
why i took mine off and its working like a pro. |
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| reply to funchords
funchords, would you be willing to discuss DI-624M? I want to attach an external antenna. Don't know how, or what is safe for the unit. I might as well forget the warranty. The damn thing is no good to me the way it is. |
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