Teardown: Troubleshooting an ASUS RT-N66U Router

This is a teardown of an ASUS RT-N66U router. I had been experiencing degraded performance with it, and thought I would take it apart, and see if I could resolve the issues with it. This video includes verifying the operation of the power supply and inspection of the PCB and passive cooling components. The intent is to have two additional videos in this project, including: Part 2 - Refreshing firmware from Rescue Mode, restoring configuration file and optimizing settings. Part 3 - Additional detail into the components used in this product, and observations after making hardware modifications in Part 1. Credit to this video for helping verify the better way to open the case:    • Video   Thanks for watching!