While I most likely will not go the messy route, information like this is invaluable. Thank you for the explanation. For my router at least, this is over-kill, and I don't have any spare power supplies. BUT! This has given me a couple ideas for some other power needs I have which would be solved via a power supply and this method. Awesome! Thank you! On 2014-12-02 05:53, WEBMASTER wrote: > Nathan, > Some of the old bricks are painfully cheap and fail. Sometimes it's > just a capacitor but that usually means making a mess out of the brick > just to get it working. > > Some routers require a lot of current (>1amp) which makes the smaller > bricks fail. I've used this fix for both 12v and 5v routers. If you > have a spare quiet or fan-less ATX power supply or don't mind the fan > noise > > If you're handy with a soldering iron or gun, here's the messy > solution I have employed in the past: (you'll want a VOM - volt-ohm > meter or DVM) > > Just cut the cord off at the brick. Make sure there is continuity > (i.e. a connection) between each bare wire from the brick end and the > plug terminal on the other end. Make sure the two bare wires and the > plug are not shorted. > > Take an old ATX power supply and splice the plug into the 12 volt side > (yellow and black) of one of the molex connectors - those are the > (usually) white four-wire ones. (The other wire with black, which is > common and negative in polarity) Make sure the polarity (+,-) is the > same as noted on the brick. On the main ATX power connector, short > the green wire to a black wire (use a piece of bare copper wire and > secure with a short piece of duct tape). > > It's a primitive solution, if not temporary, but you probably won't > see another power failure with this fix. > > This fix is only good for 12 or 5 (red wire) volt power requirements. > > Alternate fix is to find a good 1+amp 12volt brick and splice the old > cord into it. > > Jon/coverturtle > > tsu.co/coverturtle > > > On 12/02/2014 02:20 AM, Nathan England wrote: >> >> Hey, that's a really good idea! I was at a GoodWill a few weeks ago >> and >> saw several of them. I even jokingly made the comment out about the >> power bricks... >> >> Oh well... >> >> >> On 2014-12-01 23:40, David Schwartz wrote: >>> Check your nearest GoodWill Store. >>> >>> They always seem to have lots of older routers, although they >>> separate >>> the wallwarts from them for whatever stupid reason. >>> >>> -David >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Dec 1, 2014, at 10:37 PM, Nathan England >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Hey all, >>>> >>>> The power brick for my Linksys E2000 died. I bought a new Linksys >>>> and >>>> used the old power cord and the new linksys failed to power up like >>>> the old linksys. So I tried the power brick from the new linksys and >>>> it works on both routers perfectly... >>>> >>>> So, I'm looking to find a 1.0amp 12v power brick for a linksys or >>>> similar that will work. I don't want to spend the money to buy a >>>> variable power brick, they're not cheap and I am... ha ha >>>> >>>> Has anyone got a dead linksys I can come and pick up? I'm in the >>>> west >>>> valley but might be willing to drive a ways if you have one! >>>> >>>> I appreciate your help! >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Nathan England >>>> >>>> (480) 559-9681 >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > > > Hey, that's a really good idea! I was at a GoodWill a few weeks ago > and saw several of them. I even jokingly made the comment out about > the power bricks... > > Oh well... > > > On 2014-12-01 23:40, David Schwartz wrote: >> Check your nearest GoodWill Store. >> >> They always seem to have lots of older routers, although they separate >> the wallwarts from them for whatever stupid reason. >> >> -David >> >> >> >>> On Dec 1, 2014, at 10:37 PM, Nathan England wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> The power brick for my Linksys E2000 died. I bought a new Linksys and >>> used the old power cord and the new linksys failed to power up like >>> the old linksys. So I tried the power brick from the new linksys and >>> it works on both routers perfectly... >>> >>> So, I'm looking to find a 1.0amp 12v power brick for a linksys or >>> similar that will work. I don't want to spend the money to buy a >>> variable power brick, they're not cheap and I am... ha ha >>> >>> Has anyone got a dead linksys I can come and pick up? I'm in the west >>> valley but might be willing to drive a ways if you have one! >>> >>> I appreciate your help! >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Nathan England >>> >>> (480) 559-9681 >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > -- > Regards, > Nathan England > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > NME Consulting Services http://www.nmecs.com > Nathan England ( nathan@nmecs.com ) > Systems Administration / Web Application Development > Information Security Consulting > (480) 559.9681 > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Regards, Nathan England ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NME Consulting Services http://www.nmecs.com Nathan England ( nathan@nmecs.com ) Systems Administration / Web Application Development Information Security Consulting (480) 559.9681 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss