Even though it is under warrantee...Netgear wants you to spend money to get it replaced.
They are willing to send you one for $20, or you can mail yours and eventually get one back (that is what I did with my previous one)...shipping cost about $4, for a really poorly built power supply.
All that is inside the plastic box is 4 diodes for a full wave rectifier bridge, and a cap connected to the step down transformer, no voltage regulation...at best it cost them a buck to build.
So when the 'customer service' person told me he would take care of it right away...just needed my credit card...I said forget it, I will buy another piece of junk from the dollar store first.
That is when I decided to pop it open.
Not impressed.
This was the offending part, a bulging capacitor (hard to see but the top is bulged a bit.
Radio Shack only had axial lead in this size 2200uf 35v (original was a 25v, close enough)
So a bit of heat shrink tubing solved that issue...and for a few bucks it was back up and running.
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