I have one Tp-link Archer C6 v3.0.
It was working normally with OpenWRT 23.05.2. Out of the blue, it started rebooting.
After some reboots, it fails.
I did connect the serial connector to debug.
U-boot was working but on kernel load, it reset the router.
I tried to recover using httpd. Ethernet was working. The router responds to pings. I could see on the serial console the page request, but no response on the browser. Web recovery was not working.
I tried loading initramfs using tftp without success. I had CRC fail message.
Now It cannot load U-boot anymore.
I can see these messages on a serial console connected at a 57600 baud rate:
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MT7621 stage1 code Aug 28 2018 16:58:15 (ASIC)
CPU=500000000 HZ BUS=166666666 HZ
==================================================================
Change MPLL source from XTAL to CR...
do MEMPLL setting..
MEMPLL Config : 0x11100000
3PLL mode + External loopback
=== XTAL-40Mhz === DDR-1200Mhz ===
PLL2 FB_DL: 0x5, 1/0 = 569/455 15000000
PLL4 FB_DL: 0xe, 1/0 = 526/498 39000000
PLL3 FB_DL: 0x1d, 1/0 = 659/365 75000000
do DDR setting..[01F40000]
Apply DDR3 Setting...(use customer AC)
0 8 16 24 32 40 48 56 64 72 80 88 96 104 112 120
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0000:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0001:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0002:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0003:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0004:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0005:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0006:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0007:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0008:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0009:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
000A:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
000B:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
000C:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
000D:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
000E:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
000F:| 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
0010:| 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0011:| 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0012:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0013:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0014:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0015:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0016:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0017:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0018:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0019:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
001A:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
001B:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
001C:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
001D:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
001E:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
001F:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DRAMC_DQSCTL1[0e0]=13000000
DRAMC_DQSGCTL[124]=80000033
rank 0 coarse = 15
rank 0 fine = 56
B:| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
cannot find opt_dle value
[EMI] DRAMC calibration failed
The router is stuck and these messages repeat over and over.
I suspect flash corruption because I did not change anything on the router recently. No updates or even configuration changes.
Do you think it is possible to recover the router or it is dead?