WL-500g seriously bricked (solved!!)
Hi!
I have seriously bricked my WL-500g (running dd-wrt 2.3 SP2) by uploading a corrupt config file.
When I turn on the router, the power LED is on continually. There is no radio and DHCP through LAN is not working either.
I tried resetting the router to fabric defaults: nothing happens.
I tried going into restore mode (holding the rest button during power on), but that doesn't work either!
I read the sticky about unbricking the WL-500g Premium and the WL-500g DeLuxe, but I have a WL-500g (standard or call it what you want) which has a different mainboard and a different flash chip.
Does anybody know anything else I could try? Or is it a goner...
Thank you VERY much for your help in advance!!!!
Kindest regards,
Eric van Loon
WL-500gP dead no power led
Hi,
Tis is my first post here but I've been hanging around this and several other WL-500 forums for some time now in search for a solution of my problem.
I have a WL-500gP which I've flashed to DD-WRT shortly after purchase. I've been quite happy with DD-WRT's networking features but since it lacks stable USB support I've decided to flash the unit to Oleg's firmware. I had some trouble with this flash so I decided to use a similar method that worked for the DD-WRT flash. The first (and sadly last) step was to flash with tftp using wl500g-clear-nvram.trx. After waiting a couple of minutes and rebooting (i didn't hold down the reset button - perhaps was this a mistake) the unit was dead. The led lights flash upon power-up and then the power led goes immediately off. The air led stays on but it's very dim (barely noticeable light). The lan indicators work normally. It's like the boot process doesn't happen. Could I have corrupted or erased the bootloader? I haven't been able to renter recovery mode since then. The power led stays off even when power cycling with the reset button pressed. I've also tryed to short pin9 to ground several times as described in some threads. It didn't help.
I have no idea what else to try. Does any one know the cause and/or solution for this problem? I would appreciate any help.
WL-500gP bricked - no power LED ever
Hi all!
I've bricked my wl-500gp probably by unplugging the power cord to early during firmware upload (but I'm not sure for this, because I was waiting a few minutes before unplugging). Now I can't get the rescue mode by holding the reset switch and there seems to be no serial output on UART_TX0 nor UART_TX1 (I used a scope). After power on, the four LAN LEDs are lighting up for one or two seconds and then they're going dark. If an ethernet wire is connected, the light is flashing by traffic. The power LED stays dark all the time. Shorting pin 9 or 10 doesn't work. Seems that there is even no CFE loader... :-(
Hope for your help...
Seems to be the same as here: http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=11724