[Lab] Need help Identifying a part

[Andrew Plumb]

What's the part?  Often times there are pin-compatible replacements by the same manufacturer or third parties.

Andrew.

On 2011-06-28, at 1:40 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc wrote:

> thank but i think I found the part on a website.  it seems though that
> the part is no longer being made.
> 
> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
> ---
> 
> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Emil Mitev <quanttrom at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a wrt54gl. i am not sure if they changed the layout or the parts used
>> based on availability/price. I supposed I can check for you and see what I
>> have
>> Emil
>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
>> <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I can take a picture but It won't be much use.  I found this picture
>>> on line.  I don't really have a camera.  The problem is that the
>>> marking are all gone because the chip fried.  I am looking for some
>>> one with a linksys WTR54  router that can tell me what is written on
>>> the chip.  I am pretty sure its a voltage regulator or some sort.
>>> 
>>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
>>> ---
>>> 
>>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
>>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:14 AM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:
>>>> Given its location on the board it's probably power-management related,
>>>> but you'll have to take a *much* closer picture of the package markings.
>>>> 
>>>> Here's an example of how close you need to get:
>>>> http://www.chipworks.com/media/wpmu/uploads/blogs.dir/4/files/2011/06/toshibaflash.jpg
>>>> 
>>>> On 2011-06-28, at 9:02 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> a better picture
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/jr-mS5nko8Yo2oDjVB7r0A?feat=directlink
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
>>>>> ---
>>>>> 
>>>>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
>>>>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:09 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
>>>>> <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I found a low res picture and circled the part I am looking for
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IwUNo5lFdVAtdG0Vf4hncg?feat=directlink
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
>>>>>> ---
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
>>>>>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> Ah, sorry, I understand now.  Good luck.
>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
>>>>>>> <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> That is exacly what I am trying to get.  The chip fired and all I
>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>> make out on it is the first letter being A the rest is all smuged
>>>>>>>> when
>>>>>>>> the chip fried.  I am hopping some one my have a wrt 54G router
>>>>>>>> opened
>>>>>>>> and might be able to take a look
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
>>>>>>>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 2:59 PM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Hi Jean-Marc
>>>>>>>>> You're going to need to post the model number that should be on the
>>>>>>>>> top
>>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>>> the chip.  the U6 is just a part reference to the schematic.
>>>>>>>>> Tom
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
>>>>>>>>> <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I have a wifi router that I over powered and fried a chip.  I am
>>>>>>>>>> hoping to be able to replace it and have it working.  I have a
>>>>>>>>>> lynksys
>>>>>>>>>> wtr 5G ( i am not 100% sure what model I think its 54g 1.0 I lost
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> enclosure)  I am looking for the part (neat the power plug) 8 pin
>>>>>>>>>> label U6
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
>>>>>>>>>> ---
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
>>>>>>>>>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
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