Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: jkn Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,uk.d-i-y Subject: Re: Anyone else seen this. Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 10:38:06 +0100 Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: <1128k1p$3fgrb$1@dont-email.me> <5oo9EBFQWXSqFw2g@bancom.co.uk> <112d846$v187$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net yIDw8GQdWRaSfJ7cVbKqvwWcFS2EXVx+F9hKCD3oECkQsHCjag Cancel-Lock: sha1:jGzSKq1lilsLIajv+OMjOseivA4= sha256:AD/mANiUaucG9WB4KB3KoY83oWj4teqh03fM+yIp6uk= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <112d846$v187$1@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:88668 uk.d-i-y:1241286 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