Re: Anyone else seen this.

jkn <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc,uk.d-i-y
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 05/07/2026 10:28, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 04/07/2026 23:19, jkn wrote:
>>> And.. change the mostly useless power supply Capacitors!..
>>
>> Is this actually true, specifically referring to Draytek routers? Or 
>> just to Set Top Boxen (in which case I probably agree)
>>
> No. And in fact mostly today capacitors are not as prone to failure as 
> they once were.
> 
> There was a period where bad chemistry was taking out millions of them. 
> They have all gone
> 
> 
>> I have previously looked for reports of such problems with Draytek 
>> kit, and found none. I also took a look inside my previous Draytek 
>> router (when I was getting ADSL issues, see uk.d-i-y thread passim) 
>> and all the caps looked good (visual only check, I agree)
> 
> The Draytek self-reboot is well documented. PSU degradation or firmware 
> bit rot seems the most common cause

Can you refer me to this documentation please?
Thanks, J^n
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