Getting a new power supply

[rod178]

You should easily be able to find an appropriate power supply on Ebay. Some come with multi plugs, one of which will probably fit the Asus. Otherwise just cut and solder your old plug

I also use an old power supply, as the previous poster (good post Raas. I'm still using your Headstart 2. Going great). Found a suitable plug in my bits bin. The Asus plugs are nothing special.

Some people I know use an 6v or 12v SLA battery on trickle charge. You can use this to step down to 5 or 9 v for all your gear.
http://cgi.ebay.com/AX3022-Based-Swi...06164001r18533

I get some of my odds and ends from http://www.jaycar.com.au/printed.asp as there is a store down the road. They do mail order. Ebay from a Hong Kong supplier is probably cheaper.

You have a lot of options. Forget getting the plugpack from Asus

[welcomb]

Think the DC adapter for my 2.5 year old WL-500g just died too. I went to the local computer store and bought a generic switching supply that can output 2500 mA at 5 V.

It seems to work fine except when turning on, the LED on the adapter will flicker on and off, along with the LEDs on the router. Since there's no power switch on the router, I will have to plug out the power jack, wait for the DC adapter LED to hold steady, then plug it into the router.

My guess is maybe the inferior switching power supply isn't giving out enough voltage/current at the start? Anyone has this issue and solved it?

[pepaolo]

Same issue here. 10v 1200uF capacitor corrupted in the power supply. Changed with a 25v 1200uF capacitor (20 cents). Also I made some little holes in the box before closing with glue.

Works!

Paolo