Word of warning, a router's faite

[mirado.kelly]

I would like to give my fairwell to my Dlink DI 524, and a warning. You might view this as silly but it could easily happen to anyone...

While troubleshooting a internet connection problem, I decided to try a power reset where I would unplug the power, wait and replug. Since my router and my modem were side by side, I would save time and do both at the same time. When i plugged back in I mistakenly plugged the wrong adapter into the router.

The result was it fried my wifi, leaving me with a wired router. I have purchased a new Netgear 624 and would like to advice people to be cautious when plugging in power adapters. Since adapters come in various voltage outputs as well as different sized connectors, it is entirely possible to plug in the wrong adapter.

A similar fate could happen with Sata hard drives if one were to use both pwr connectors, lucky I read the manual before installing my hard drive.

Cheers.