Alrighty a lot of people have been asking how to do this and since I had a lot of experience with this I'd be more than happy to help people out. Follow my guide at your own risk as you will be opening your router and risk damaging it; perhaps to the point of disrepair. I take absolutly no responsibily if you brick your router or otherwise damage it in any way.
Basically what you have to do is force the router into TFTP mode and send over the Broadcomm reference firmware, it is the only firmware that I know of that will partially remove the .haxxed firmware, although it won't be operational. From then you can force the router into TFTP mode again, and flash the original Belkin firmware to the router; which can be obtained at the belkin website.
What you will need to complete this project:<b> a philips head screwdriver<b> patience<b> a small flat head screwdriver (will be used to short 2 pins on a flash chip)<b> the broadcomm reference firmware hosted on rapidshare<b> the original belkin firmware available at belkin.com<b>
*NOTE - If you are confused at about what was just said, STOP IMMEDIATELY! You will brick your router if you don't already know what a flash chip generally looks like.
Step 1
To start, we will unplug all cables from the router. Then peel off the sticker (or just the corners) to expose the 2 screws underneath. Remove them. Carefully and gently pry the top and bottom of the router apart. The light gray and the dark gray are connected through clasps that come undone with pressure. The back of the router is convieniently held in place by these two pieces.
Step 2
Once opened, locate the flash chip and observe the pin orientation. As of right now I forgot which pins to short, but never fear, testing won't brick your router, at least it didn't brick mine. Short pins 16 and 17 and then power on the router, keep the short on until you notice the leds flashing in a pattern. No light should be lit steadily, unless you have a computer plugged in the ethernet. If shorting these two pins does not cause the pattern to occur (they are the two leftmost leds) then try shorting pins 15 and 16. And that should force TFTP mode.
Step 3
Assuming you had .haxxed firmware on your belkin, you should know how to transfer the flash as binary to the router. If all is well the router should restart after at least 1 minute. If it restarts right after tftp is done, then the flashing has failed, this will happen if you directly try to flash the original firmware. In this step you must send the Broadcomm Reference Firmware.
Step 4
Repeat step 2 using the pins that forced tftp mode the first time around. Now follow step 3, but instead of sending the broadcomm reference firmware, send the original belkin firmware. As always remember to send the firmware as a binary to the router. The same rules apply about the duration it takes for the router to restart.
Congratulations! You should have a Belkin router with original belkin firmware again! Thank you Seattle Wireless for giving me the opportunity to help my peers by establishing this wiki. I hope this post goes unharmed, as it will benefit those who are completely unaware of how to refurn themselves to the original firmware.
regards,
inxane... my email addy can be found on the previous page... read and you'll find it
