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Hi there,
I recently flashed my wl-500gP with Olegs pre4 and it worked for a few minutes. I was just transfering data via samba onto the external harddisk when it passed out and did not respond anymore. I cannot enter the restoration mode, when I press the restore button and plug in AC it reacts just as if I not push the restore button at all. I read similar effects on other routers of the wl-500 series and also read something about pin 10. Is there a similar workaround for the 500gP?
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanx in advance
sMiLe
Are you sure you're pushing the "reset" and not the "ez setup" button ? If yes, try holding it pushed for at least 10 seconds before plugging the AC back.
Yes, I'm sure it's not EzSetup. I did use the Restore button before and it worked, but now, it's not doin anything :(
Hello again,
I finally found out which flash memory is used in the wl-500gP. It's an spansion S29GL064M90. The specs are here: http://www.spansion.com/datasheets/s29gl-m_00_b5_e.pdf
Unfortunately, I honestly have no clue about flash memory and hence do not know if and how the pin 10 trick can be applied to the wl-500gP. Maybe Oleg can provide any help? I read a similar procedure was done with the wl-500b before...
Kind regards,
sMiLe
adolfotregosa
20-07-2006, 09:38
yes you can apply the pin 10 trick. i did it myself !
Hi,
can you give me some details? I tried it but nothing happened :( Did you ground pin 10?
Nevertheless, I think I already trashed my Flash by messing around with the pins...
OK, talking to myself here, but Oleg proposed a fix in the firmware discussion. For anybody having the same problem and reading this thread: Pin 9 has to be grounded while powering up, afterwards, the restoreation mode will work again...
wasakima
13-01-2008, 23:43
I read some of the threads in the forum, but cannot seem to find anything on how to groung the pins. I believe my WL-500gP is bricked (used ddwrt FW, then enabled JFFS for USB support, said to click Apply buttom, but click Save as not recommended, not not working and cannot connect to it), and I think grounding the pin 9 might do the trick. But what is the best way to do this?