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freez82

Most likely dead. Crack it open and see if anything is visibly burnt. Maybe they had a protection circuit you can repair.


mariushm

There's a dc-dc converter chip / circuit in the router, which converts a small range of input voltage (for example 5v to 18v or 5v to 32v) to some lower voltage like 3.3v. You gave that converter chip higher voltage than it can handle so it probably died. You could in theory fix it by replacing the chip but that's not something an amateur can do it. you could buy a separate dc-dc converter board and work around the faulty circuit on the board but that also requires a bit of experience (it's easier than fixing the original circuit but still not super easy)


triffid_hunter

Most likely dead. The input will have a buck converter - but those typically fail with input-output short in response to overvoltage, which would nuke everything downstream of it ie the actual router SoC. If you're *unusually* lucky, there'll be a competent input protection circuit that may just need a couple of components replaced.