I know i'm bumping this old topic again, but i want to post about the last week i brought back to life this Cisco Linksys E3000 with the short circuit method. It's dangerous but it worked and it was very easy to do.
Now i know it works, if there is no issue i could add some info about this in the Wiki. I'm not going to point to the "short circuit method", but to this topic, and maybe a warning to not configure the 5Ghz antenna or doing it knowing the risks. If that is okay.
Now i have other issues with the router but that's other topic.
Thanks!