mains light red

Den · May 14, 2009, 08:48:31

My next door neighbour (who is with Idnet) has a 2wire router but yesterday lost connection. When I went in to see him the mains light was on red. disconnected it and plugged in again and all worked fine. He now tells me that the mains light is red again and will not change after disconnection and powering up again. Does this mean that its got incorrect voltage coming from the transformer or is the router faulty.

kinmel · May 14, 2009, 08:53:19

It is failing the bios check and is dead. It cannot be repaired in the U.K.

However they are one of the cheapest items on Ebay

Lance · May 14, 2009, 08:57:04

Unfortunately the router has died.

Den · May 14, 2009, 09:00:45

Have not been in yet but he now tells me (just before he went out) that it has now turned green but is flashing, does that change anything?

Rik · May 14, 2009, 09:02:05

It does that during the boot, Den, but I'd be out getting another 2700 in his position.

kinmel · May 14, 2009, 09:02:40

It flashes whilst booting the Bios.

It is just possible that the firmware is updating, if it ever boots let us know what the logs say.

Den · May 15, 2009, 21:08:22

My first thoughts were correct

It was the power supply. Snag is the power supply for a 2wire is a 5.1 volt 3amp and on ebay they seem to be from the US or Hong Kong. At the moment I have been able to borrow one and hope to find one later but at least he is up and running. By the way he has now joined us and uses the name jaybee so I hope you will all get to know him soon.

Sebby · May 15, 2009, 22:08:54

I was just going to say it's probably the power supply. Try here.

kinmel · May 15, 2009, 22:18:41

no need to buy, check your P.M.s Den