[Lab] Need help Identifying a part

Tue Jun 28 13:45:13 EDT 2011

the part is FAN6520A it is the replacement part for the original
rt9202 but I think both are now not being made

Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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"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 1:42 PM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:
> 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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