[Lab] Need help Identifying a part

Tue Jun 28 14:50:49 EDT 2011

I don't have a serial number I just have the board.  but I think I
found the part I am looking for thanks

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 2:41 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com> wrote:
> I have eight wrt-54g V8 routers.
> and 1 wrt-54g V5,
> and some other routers but from that series of routers.
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> The cabinet will tell you the exact model and version (and serial number).
> Let's start with that. The serial number can help too because there are
> difference between serial number blocks for some things.
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> If it's one of the ones I have, then I will open it and take a shot with a
> digital camera.
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> 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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