Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2011 13:34 Post subject: Bricked WRT54GL
Hi,
A friend of mine bricked his router.
He said that he mistakenly uploaded wrong nvram to his WRT54GL v1.1. (restore settings).
When i turn on the unit power led flashes and the swich (1,2,3,4) led's light on and stay that way.
I can't ping anything because switch is not working.
See the peacock announcement, note 6 for steps, info, and links. _________________ SIG:
I'm trying to teach you to fish, not give you a fish. If you just want a fish, wait for a fisherman who hands them out. I'm more of a fishing instructor.
LOM: "If you show that you have not bothered to read the forum announcements or to follow the advices in them then the level of help available for you will drop substantially, also known as Murrkf's law.."
See the peacock announcement, note 6 for steps, info, and links.
_________________ SIG:
I'm trying to teach you to fish, not give you a fish. If you just want a fish, wait for a fisherman who hands them out. I'm more of a fishing instructor.
LOM: "If you show that you have not bothered to read the forum announcements or to follow the advices in them then the level of help available for you will drop substantially, also known as Murrkf's law.."
The serial port pinouts on the router are for SERIAL RECOVERY (WIKI: Serial Recovery). You connect a proper level shifting ttl adapter from your USB port on a computer to the SERIAL port on the router.
A JTAG connector uses the PARALLEL PORT of your computer connected with a Jtag connector to the JTAG port on a router if your router has a jtag port which a GL DOES have. (WIKI: Jtag)
Both WIKI articles are LINKED in note 6 of the peacock.
I have no idea what you mean by a "MX" flash. _________________ SIG:
I'm trying to teach you to fish, not give you a fish. If you just want a fish, wait for a fisherman who hands them out. I'm more of a fishing instructor.
LOM: "If you show that you have not bothered to read the forum announcements or to follow the advices in them then the level of help available for you will drop substantially, also known as Murrkf's law.."
I have similar problem with WRT54GL v. 1.1 and flash chip MX29LV320EBTI-70G.
It's bricked when by typing mistake I set CPU to 215 MHz instead of 216. After reboot power LED is blinking, DMZ and WLAN are off and all Ethernet and Internet LED are solid on.
When I use "-probeonly /nocwd /noemw" it sticks at "Probing Flash at (Flash Window: 0x1fc00000).
When I use zJTAG with the same commands it says "*** Unknown or NO Flash Chip Detected ***"
Tried. It doesn't respond to ping or reset button. I've seen the same scenario on other forums and the recommendation/solution is to clear the NVRAM. So, I'm trying to clear NVRAM using passive (resistors built) JTAG cable.
