Netgear WNDR4500 "Waiting for reset button release"

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seba22
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 17:53    Post subject: Netgear WNDR4500 "Waiting for reset button release" Reply with quote
Hello,
I have Netgear WNDR4500 and i'm trying to fix it.
I connected to serial monitor and i have read output

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CFE for WNDR4500 version: v1.0.3
Build Date: Thu Jul 21 19:28:03 CST 2011
Init Arena
Init Devs.
Boot partition size = 262144(0x40000)
Found an ST compatible serial flash with 32 64KB blocks; total size 2MB
Found a Samsung NAND flash with 2048B pages or 128KB blocks; total size 128MB
et0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 5.100.138
CPU type 0x19749: 600MHz
Tot mem: 131072 KBytes

Device eth0:  hwaddr 4C-60-DE-2A-2C-9B, ipaddr 192.168.1.1, mask 255.255.255.0
        gateway not set, nameserver not set
load default!
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CFE for WNDR4500 version: v1.0.3
Build Date: Thu Jul 21 19:28:03 CST 2011
Init Arena
Init Devs.
Boot partition size = 262144(0x40000)
Found an ST compatible serial flash with 32 64KB blocks; total size 2MB
Found a Samsung NAND flash with 2048B pages or 128KB blocks; total size 128MB
et0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 5.100.138
CPU type 0x19749: 600MHz
Tot mem: 131072 KBytes

Committing NVRAM...done
Waiting for reset button release...


I first go and de-solder hardware tactile switch button, but error is still the same.

I checked button, and it's normally open and when pressed it's shorting.

On unplugged router, i connected ohm meter to terminals of reset button and it read 0ohms.

Something is look shorted all time or is that 0ohm normal?

Is there something i could do?

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Malachi
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 19:29    Post subject: Reply with quote
Forget about it. I was in the same boat years ago. Just get a new router.
Google “wndr4500 waiting for reset button release” and you’ll see what I mean.

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seba22
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 6:46    Post subject: Reply with quote
Malachi wrote:
Forget about it. I was in the same boat years ago. Just get a new router.
Google “wndr4500 waiting for reset button release” and you’ll see what I mean.


Thank You but it does not help me out,
Question is what is failed.

When Your car won't turn on, You don't throw it away and buy new one.

If i know that faulty is CPU i could replace it ->

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The problem is i don't know is this a hardware fault or software, it will be stupid to replace BGA CPU if this is caused by firmware.
Malachi
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 9:17    Post subject: Reply with quote
Did you google what I suggested? It would tell you what is wrong.
Your car analogy is not valid here. You are talking about a router you can buy used for $10 if you looked for it. Not worth the hassle.

I just tried googling it but can’t find the post. It was years ago. I found a Chinese site where a user narrowed it down to a tiny resister. So small it was hard to see.

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