RV042 Squealing and Lights Not Normal?

[SamirD]

One day, my rv042 started emitting a very high pitched sound.  The lights will flash upon powerup, but not act normal (indicate link, etc).  The router cannot be accessed at all.

I changed the power supply to a known working one to eliminate that--didn't help.  Any ideas?  Any thoughts appreciated.

[SamirD]

I recently tried turning this on again with a higher ampage power supply.  It finally booted and was able issue dhcp, but was not able to route any traffic over the wan.  Any thoughts appreciated.

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[Tom Watts]

Hi Samir, It's not normal and sounds defective. You should call in to the support center and ask for replacement if you have hardware warranty. I wouldn't put more than 12v 1amp power to it, it's not designed for more.

-Tom
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[SamirD]

It's well out of warranty unfortunately.  As far as the power supply, if something requires 12v 1a and you give it a 12v 3.3a power supply (like I'm doing), it won't draw any more than 1amp.

Well, looks like I have a kinda squealy 4 port swtich on my hands.

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[SamirD]

I think I may have found the solution here:

http://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=10485

I'll keep this thread updated...

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[SamirD]

I found several companies that will repair this at a reasonable rate.  I'm going to send it to them for repair in the next week or so.   

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