TroubleShooting for

RB2011L and RB2011LS

These repair instructions are for NON WARRANTY repairs only!
Please make visual inspection for signs of corrosion
or mechanical damages before starting.

No power, Green LED LD905 does not shine

NOT OK
Check Schottky diode
Change faulty diode
D2
OK

NOT OK
Check ferrite bead FB1 resistance
Change faulty ferrite bead
It should be less than 1 Ohm
OK

NOT OK NOT OK
Check Zener diode Check Zener diode D5
Change faulty components
D3 and PNP transistor Q2
OK

NOT OK
Check P-channel MOSFET
Change faulty MOSFET
Q1
OK

NOT OK
Check Schottky diode
Change faulty diode
D1
OK

Try to change DC-DC

Step-Down converter U1

Problem still
appears

The board is unrepairable

 PoE does not work
NOT OK
Check diode bridges
Change faulty diode bridges
D4, D6
OK

NOT OK
Check Ethernet port1
Change faulty connector
in the connector J100

Problem still
appears

The board is unrepairable

Routerboard does not boot

NO 1.8V NOT OK
Check 1.8V output, Check PNP transistor
Change faulty transistor
for example on C214 pins Q200
OK

NOT OK
Check ferrite bead FB200 resistance.
Change faulty ferrite bead
It should be less than 1 Ohm
OK

OK

Try to change RAM

U200

NO 25MHz
Check 25MHz clock on crystal
Change faulty crystal
Y700
OK

Try to change Atheros chip

U400

Problem still
appears

The board is unrepairable

 Ethernet ports 1-5 (J100) do not work,
drop ping packets
NOT OK
Check resistors R104-R107 (for Ether1) and
R100-R103 (for Ether2-Ether5) resistance. Change faulty resistors
It should be 75 Ohm +/-1%
OK

Check voltage drop between diode arrays NOT OK

D105, D115 pin#1 and Ground. Voltage drop
Change faulty diode arrays
should be in the range from 0.34V to 0.4V measured
in diode mode (hold “positive” wire on the ground
and Gigabit switch chip U100
and “COM” wire to D105 pin#1)
OK

NOT OK
Check Ethernet transformer
Change faulty transformer
TR101 (for Ethernet port 1)
OK

NOT OK
Check Quad port transformer
Change faulty transformer
TR100 (for Ethernet ports 2-5)
OK

Check voltage drop between diode arrays D106-D109, D116- NOT OK

D119 pin#1 and Ground. Voltage drop should be in the range Change faulty diode arrays
from 0.34V to 0.4V measured in diode mode (hold “positive” and Gigabit switch chip U100
wire on the ground and “COM” wire to D106 pin#1)
OK

NOT OK
Check ferrite beads FB401, FB402 resistance.
Change faulty ferrite beads
It should be less than 1 Ohm
OK

NO 1.15V
Check 1.15V output, Check ferrite bead FB403 resistance. OK Change faulty DC-DC
on C462 pins It should be less than 1 Ohm Step-Down converter U401
NOT OK
OK

Change faulty ferrite bead

NO 40MHz
Check 25MHz clock on crystal
Change faulty crystal
Y901

Problem still
appears

The board is unrepairable

 Ethernet ports 6-10 (J101) do not work,
drop ping packets
Check resistors R111, R112, R114, R115, R118, NOT OK
R120, R121, R123, R125, R127, R130, R131, R133,
Change faulty resistors
R135, R138, R139, R141, R142, R146, R147
resistance. It should be 75 Ohm +/-1%
OK

Check voltage drop between diode arrays

D123-D125, D128, D129 pin#1 and Ground. NOT OK
Voltage drop should be in the range Change faulty diode arrays
from 0.34V to 0.4V measured in diode mode and Atheros chip U400
(hold “positive” wire on the ground
and “COM” wire to D123 pin#1)
OK

NOT OK
Check 5 port Ethernet transformer
Change faulty transformer
TR102
OK

NO 2.0V
OK
Check 2.0V output, Check PNP transistor Check ferrite bead FB404 resistance.
on C526 pins Q400 It should be less than 1 Ohm
NOT OK

NOT OK
OK

Change faulty transistor Change faulty ferrite bead

Try to change Atheros chip

U400

Problem still
appears

The board is unrepairable

 Reference
Part Number Manufacturer Description
number
Won-Top Electronics Co., Diode Schottky 60V 1A
D1 SS1060FL-T1-LF
Ltd. SOD123
Won-Top Electronics Co., Diode Schottky 100V 2A
D2 SR210-T3-LF
Ltd. SMA
Won-Top Electronics Co., Diode Zener BZX84C 10V 5% 225mW
D3 BZX84C10-T1-LF
Ltd. SOT23
Diode bridge 200V 1.5A
D4, D6 DB153S SINYORK CO., LTD.
DBS
Diode Zener BZX84B 30V 2% 250mW
D5 BZX84-B30,215 NXP Semiconductors
SOT23
D105-D109, D115-D119, IC TVS ARRAY LOW-CAP
AOZ8000CIL Alpha & Omega
D123-D125, D128, D129 SOT23-6
Ferrite Bead 80Ohm 3A
FB1 PBY321611T-800Y-N Yageo Corporation
1206
FB200, Ferrite Bead 33Ohm 3A
BLM18PG330SN1D Murata manufacturing Co.
FB401 - FB404 0603
Dragon Well Electronics RJ45 5 port w/oLED w/Shield TD TH
J100, J101 5921S-8P8C-1X5B
Co.,Ltd. w/oEMI TinPlated
Transistor MOSFET P-Ch
Q1 AO4441 Alpha & Omega
-60V -4A 100mOhm 3W SO-8
Transistor PNP -65V -100mA 250mW
Q2 BC856B,215 NXP Semiconductors
Hfe=220-470 SOT-23
Transistor PNP -30V -1.5A 0.5W
Q200, Q400 KTA1663-Y-RTF/P KEC Corporation, LTD
Hfe=100-320 SOT89
Resistor 10k 1%
R100-R107 CRCW040210K0FKTDBC Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
0402
R11, R112, R114, R115,
R118, R120, R121, R123,
Resistor 75R 1%
R125, R127, R130, R131, CRCW040275R0FKTDBC Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
0402
R133, R135, R138, R139,
R141, R142, R146, R147
10/100/1000 Quad port Ethernet
TR100 LCZ5Q4ZA Cetus International Ltd.
transformer TH
10/100/1000 Single Ethernet
TR101 ATPL-428R Atech Technology Co., Ltd.
transformer TH
Mentech Electronics 10/100 5 port Ethernet
TR102 H7201DG
Co.,Ltd. transformer TH
Lite-On Semiconductor DC-DC Step-down converter
U1 LSP5502SAC
corporation 4.5-30V input 2A output Sync SO8

U100 AR8327-AL1A Atheros Technology Ltd. Chip AR8327-AL1A

NANYA TECHNOLOGY DDR2 SDRAM 512Mbit DDR2-667

U200 NT5TU32M16CG-3C
CORPORATION 32Mx16bit BGA-84

U400 AR9344-1C2E Atheros India LLC SOC BGA 2x2 11n 5FE

Step-down DC/DC converter

Richtek Technology
U401 RT8016GQW 1.5MHz 1A WDFN-6L 2x2 Vin=2.5...5.5V,
Corporation Vout=0.6V...Vin, Iout=1.0A, f=1.5MHz, 95%

NSK Jenjaan Quartek Crystal 25MHz 30ppm 20pF

Y700, Y901 NXE25.000AC20F-AHF
Corporation -10+70 HC-49 (SMD) H=3.2mm

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RB2011L Reference picture
RB2011L Output voltage picture