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Title: Bone-Head Stunt -- Dropped-on-floor 655 requires some TLC
Post by: fastartcee on January 24, 2012, 03:33:11 PM

I dropped my 655 router onto a concrete floor.

I plugged it in, and everything seemed fine. I plugged in the cable LAN, and connected to my laptop through a LAN port. The GUI came up as usual. I proceeded to set up the Net connection, and all went well  ...I surfed with no problem.

But...  my laptop cannot see any wireless signal.  >:(

I know there are no moving parts inside, but is it possible that something got jarred loose  ...like a wire to the antennas? Has anyone opened up the box to fix such a problem?

Thanks for any help. I don't really want to have to buy a new one!

Title: Re: Bone-Head Stunt -- Dropped-on-floor 655 requires some TLC
Post by: FurryNutz on January 25, 2012, 07:42:32 AM

No moving parts.
Try a factory reset, if that fails, RMA the unit.

Title: Re: Bone-Head Stunt -- Dropped-on-floor 655 requires some TLC
Post by: fastartcee on January 25, 2012, 09:17:33 AM

Thanks for the reply.

I opened the case, but could see nothing wrong; there appeared to be no damage whatsoever. Even on the outer case the only damage I could find was a little ding on one corner.

I successfully flashed to the latest firmware, but when I look at the boot-up info in the status log I see "Wireless failed to initiate"...  so I guess some component was, in fact, damaged.

So I guess my DIR-655 has been bricked. Oh well...

(If there is anything I could try, I'd appreciate any suggestions.)

Title: Re: Bone-Head Stunt -- Dropped-on-floor 655 requires some TLC
Post by: FurryNutz on January 25, 2012, 09:27:44 AM

RMA the unit.
http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=41867.0 (http://forums.dlink.com/index.php?topic=41867.0)

Title: Re: Bone-Head Stunt -- Dropped-on-floor 655 -- WOW! Resurrected!
Post by: fastartcee on January 27, 2012, 11:36:05 AM

Before I tossed my DIR-655 into the recycle bin, I decided to look inside once again, and after I opened the case I noticed something I hadn't noticed before: the circuit board holding the Atheros processor was slightly out of place, enough, I thought to compromise the connection at one side of the board. I wiggled it out, and then re-seated it  ...and when I powered up the unit again the wireless LED was flashing!

I have put the 655 back into my system, and everything is back to normal. Yahoo!

I think it's incredible that it took an almost-8-ft drop onto a concrete floor, and other than jarring a circuit board out of its socket a bit, no damage was done. Thanks for making such a rugged product, D-Link!!

Title: Re: Bone-Head Stunt -- Dropped-on-floor 655 requires some TLC (RESOLVED)
Post by: FurryNutz on January 27, 2012, 11:44:42 AM

Way cool man. Glad you took the time and found the fix.
Be careful next time.  ::)

Enjoy.