My buffalo died :(

Renegade

Renegade

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Morning I switched off the device and went to office. At night it just wont switch on. It is WHR - G54 (the lower power one)

So how do I troubleshoot the thing. Also where in Mumbai can I take it for warranty. Its been less than 2 years since I bought it. Damn I will have to live without the internet for that long. :(
 
Checked Power Adapter??

Same happened with my Netgear. Plus it was one of the sexy ones with USB port that supported Torrent DLing straight to HDD.

I doubt it will be repairable though. Just buy a new one. Cheap Netgears start from under 1.5K.
 
Thanks guys. I dont have a spare adapter so cant check that. As for warranty they want a proof of purchase, what crap. Its not as if we keep all our bills forever. I have their product should be enough proof that I bought it. :|
 
R.I.P

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jokes apart, 80 % it's the adapter....u may order a cheap one from dealextreme
 
EDITED: [Thanks to zanderzone for pointing out that this thread is about a router and not an External HDD, silly me :P]

@zanderzone
I was waiting for someone to post something similar. xD
 
Shit! LOL'ed hard on the replies. xD

Warranting a proof of purchase is downright ridiculous. Like HDD manufacturers, they should rely on the serial nos. instead IMO.

Never mind, try shooting a mail to the Buffalo customer service? Damn wont think that'd work since they've already put forward their warranty statement!

Btw they've 2 years of warranty? Mine's running 24x7! Damn I'm scared now! *touchwood*
 
Well I tried with the seagate HDD adapter. At least the lights come on for a second before they go off. It seems there is a mismatch on voltage or something. Good thing is that I can assume its the adapter. Now need to find a place where from I can buy this stuff. Dealextreme will take 3 weeks. :(

@Mr. Intech - yes thats my buffalo. It was so beautiful.



PS: Just pulling your leg mrin-tech
 
take the adapter to your local tv repairman or electrician and ask him to do something similar. its should be possible in three- four days if he has the parts ready with him.

edit: fastest would be to just ask the service center if you could buy one adapter from them.
 
You can get generic power adapters at hardware store with a switch to control output voltage. Just look at the dead buffalo adapter and see what is it's output power rating ( something like 5V or 12V and 2 A or something ) . If you get another adapter from any shop with same output power rating, it will work for sure.
 
These ACCEL frontline guys always ask for bills. I suppose they also handle creative RMA. My brother went there to get the EP630 replaced and they asked for bill and all. I had bought that from KMD so did not have any bill. Had to get a scanned copy from KMD, took its printout and then they RMAed that earphones :@
 
do you by any chance have an FWP landline phone? their adapters have similar ratings as router adapters. i did that long back when my router's adapter conked off.

the funny thing is my router's adapter conked off because i accidentally plugged it in the phone, but the phone's adapter works for the router. :lol: it happened twice (both were placed beside each other). good thing it was my MTNL's rented router, got it replaced. :P
 
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