WL-500g Premium died After Upgrading Firmware

[JoschiBK19]

Hey guys,

yesterday I tried to flash my router with olegs firmware (previously dd-wrt installed) so I uploaded clear-nvram.trx via tftp at first.
Having finished i uploaded the trx from oleg, but it seemed as if it didn't work so I uploaded the dd-wrt trx again and recognized that all settings were still the same, as if the clear-nvram did not work.

So I tried it using the firmware restauration tool from asus, but after flashing with that the router seems to be bricked.
The power LED does not flash anymore (but lan LEDs do), even if I press the reset button while power cycling.

I even tried to ground Pin9 but it didn't work either.
Am I doing something wrong? Or could there be another possibility?
I'm using a small cable to ground the pin but power led doesn't flash after power cycling and pressing reset button again.

I'd be happy If anyone could help me..

Kind regards,
Joschi

[raas]

Having finished i uploaded the trx from oleg, but it seemed as if it didn't work

I've had a similar problem in the past, although I didn't migrate from dd-wrt.

At first it seemed that the firmware-flash hadn't worked, but it needed a couple of (2) reboots in a row, to get it working, after that, I haven't been able to replicate the problem.

[EdSki]

Always, after a change of firmware do the following:

Push reset button, connect power and wait for 30 seconds, disconnect power and keep pushing for the reset button for another 30 secs. Connect power, and after 30 more seconds release the reset button. Router should reset and since the NVRam is completely empty reboot. Thing is that sometimes some param's are still saved in NVRam and gives a checksum error.
Give it 1,5 minute of your life!


Ed

[JoschiBK19]

hi,

thanks for your replies, but 30/30/30 didn't work for me either...

Is there any other possibility?... really tricky ^^

Kind regards
Joschi

[EdSki]

Check if the CPU is really getting hot in 20 seconds. If it stays on a low-temp.....and before the dustbin, try to short the other pins and see what's happening. There has to be a reboot pin, and i think a combination of reboot pin and shortage of pin 9 or 17 during reboot sometimes seems to work.

It's a bit tricky, but it's what you asked for.

If the cpu is getting really hot, there's some short circuit on the board->dustbin!


Ed

[JoschiBK19]

Ok sounds like I have to pray for another 2 arms ^^

Well its not exactly what I asked for
If there's another easier way, I'd like to use this way.

Tomorrow I'll report about my success...

[Kocky]

Hello,

I have some problems with my router. After unsuccessful upgrading official firmware, when I connect power cable the power led flashing. It doesn't matter if I press and hold restore button or not. When I use asus firmware restoration after upload (it shows 100%) and gives "Upload system recovery file failed: transfer cancelled". Computer doesn't recognize router. Ping doesn't reach it.

Have You got any ideas, what can I do with it?

[avberk]

search forum for:

pin 9 trick

[Kocky]

search forum for:

pin 9 trick

Thanks, but I can't find how to open router box to apply pin 9 trick :/
There are some screw or sth?

There is no question I found this screw

thanks

[avberk]

Remove the rubber feets:

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/net...premium_2.html

[stormwolf]

This is what happened: i was running dd-wrt firmware on WL-500g and after changing some settings and rebooting it didnt reboot any more.

Simptoms: After powering it on Power LED blinks rapidly 2-3 times and stays on, 4 LAN leds all light up then go off and if a LAN cable is plugged into any ports that led stays on. no AIR or WAN LED's come on at all at any moment. The ruter doesnt respond to pings etc, and i cant force it into recovery mode.
The only thing that happens is if i try to ping it via cable, the corresponding LED blinks indicating traffic, but no reply from the box.

Please help

Hardware revision is V2.40 with 4702 processor and MX flash chip 29LV320ATTC-90

Thank you in advance

[biohazarduk]

Tried to flash dd-wrt mega last night it seemed to work OK set up all the setting and pressed apply button. After reboot the router stopped working now all I have is the LAN and WAN lights blinking on and off.

Using the restore button I have:

1. Tried using the Asus restore tool but says invalid IP address
2. Tried using a manual ip address but Windows says cable is diconected(tried different wires)
3. Tried tftp but gives timeout.

Router seems to enter restore mode ie blinking power light, but will not give an ip. Help please

[wpte]

for the asus restore tool you need some patience mostly
the easiest way is if you can restore the router to factory defaults, if not... it might be a bit tricky
be sure you have the cable in LAN port 1 of the router.
wait till you get a valid ip, like 192.168.*.* (* can be anything)
be sure to turn of your firewall temporarily
try to upload the file with the asus tool...

if this doesn't work, search the forums for the so called "pin 9 trick"
but if you do this, you will void your warranty.

[Erusletum]

So this is my third Asus WL-500g Premium.

I installed some firmware and some of my settings bricked it. When I hold in the reset button and plug in the power the power LED does not flash. I tried the Pin 9 trick to get recovery mode back but it is not working.

Any ideas?

Or perhaps I am doing pin 9 wrong? I have the power on and connect pin 9 via a wire to the metal wrap around where the power comes into the circuit board for about 30 seconds. I notice NO CHANGE in the power LED during this time.

[bitbrain2101]

I think pin9 should be connected to ground first, then apply power. Can you ping the router ? I could re-animate my WL-500GP with a "clear NVRAM" firmware flashed with tftp in cmdline window, but you need a ping response.