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Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown

Written By: William McKinnerney (and 5 other contributors)
Published: April 18, 2010
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Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown

Written By: William McKinnerney (and 5 other contributors)
Published: April 18, 2010
  • Comments: 3
  • Favorites: 7
  • Views: 9k

Teardown

Introduction

This wireless router stopped working, so I wanted to take a look at it's innards.

What you need

This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Linksys BEFW11S4, use our service manual.

  1. Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown, Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 1, image 1 of 1

    • Waiting to be disassembled...

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  2. Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 2, image 1 of 3 Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 2, image 2 of 3 Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 2, image 3 of 3

    • Remove antennas.

    • Remove nuts and washers around antenna connectors.

    • Push in antenna connectors.

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  3. Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 3, image 1 of 3 Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 3, image 2 of 3 Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 3, image 3 of 3

    • Remove feet (with flat-head screwdriver, fingernails, etc).

    • Unscrew the screws.

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  5. Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 4, image 1 of 2 Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 4, image 2 of 2

    • Pull apart blue front from black back with a LOT of force.

    • Slide and pull up bottom. (Make sure the antenna connectors get through.)

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  6. Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 5, image 1 of 1

    • Twist and pull out antenna connector feeds.

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  7. Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 6, image 1 of 3 Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 6, image 2 of 3 Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 6, image 3 of 3

    • Pull up RF shield from motherboard.

    • Unscrew the motherboard from the bottom.

    • Push the motherboard forward (as in this picture) to unlatch it from the bottom.

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    Really would have appreciated if the photos were in focus

    Dominik Meyer - Reply

  8. Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 7, image 1 of 2 Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 7, image 2 of 2

    • Some people have a card where you have to unscrew it. If that is your case, do that. The instructions below is for my type of router.

    • Push the card forward to deattach the pins.

    • Remove the card from the metal holdster.

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  9. Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 8, image 1 of 1

    • Here are the markings on the motherboard chips. If you have any info on these chips, please comment!

    • Macronix 29F040QC-90

    • ISSI IS41C16100S-50K

    • SAMSUNG ARM S3C4510X01-QERO

    • RMC RTL8019AS

    • Bothhands FB2022

    • Bothhands 40ST1041E

    • Kendin KS8995. Kendin has since been bought by Micrel.

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  10. Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown: step 9, image 1 of 1

    • Enjoy!

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William McKinnerney

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2 Comments

what is that card inside this router

hartiTube - Reply

Thank you. I accomplished this task. Except my antenna wires were soldered to the board.

Darren - Reply

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