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  1. RouterDoubter

    Few questions before I venture into JTAG-land

    Well fellas! I made a rookie mistake. I swapped the Tx and the Rx wires on the chip and USB. I should've known that. Got the CFE prompt so WISH ME LUCK! Spoke too soon. NVRAM ERASE didn't fix the issue. Maybe I could reinstall the bootloader itself or would I need a JTAG port for that? It has...
  2. RouterDoubter

    Few questions before I venture into JTAG-land

    Alright purchased, received, got the case removed and the serial connected to the properly labelled pins on the PCB. Fired up Putty (saw that the computer recognized the USB to UART Bridge (COM3) in the interim) and set the correct settings. Tried restarting the device and spamming CTRL-C on...
  3. RouterDoubter

    Few questions before I venture into JTAG-land

    I appreciate the help. I've been perusing that link and looking for a USB to TTL Serial cable. Would this suffice? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004LBXO2A/?tag=snbforums-20 Does that FTDI chip have level shifting? Also, I somehow got the router to start working for me and the log is JAMMED with...
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    Few questions before I venture into JTAG-land

    Not much I could do in the way of getting the router to function. I'd be really curious to see exactly how my method caused it to work as it's been the only thing to kick it out of the mode.
  5. RouterDoubter

    Few questions before I venture into JTAG-land

    > Maybe TFTP? Okay so it connects and transferred the firmware successfully but after leaving it for another 2 hours and rebooting, the lights returned to the "WPS is processing" mode (Flashing quickly). I did already. It doesn't accept whatever firmware image I try.
  6. RouterDoubter

    Few questions before I venture into JTAG-land

    Hey folks, Skip to the end if you don't want to read all this (just to see the questions): I have an ASUS RT-AC66U (original) that has become bricked. By bricked I mean that it boots but I get the quick flashing power LED (for WPS is processing) and no pingable address. Now the first time this...
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