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netgear nigthawk ax2400 caught fire
So my netgear ax2400 caught fire today. Smoke was pouring out of it and the whole house smells like burn router. I threw it out the front door before it could burn down the house. Just wondering how m...
Got a picture of the router?
WHat model router is this? AX2400 isn't a model #.
Haven't seen others with claiming there routers have caught fire recently.
12volts can fry some components but wouldn't catch fire...
Model RAX29
It was not clogged with dust as it was a recent purchase from Walmart, easily returnable.
I would be more than happy to plug it back in (outdoors) and get a picture of smoke pouring out of it.
I wouldn't plug it back in. I'd just exchange/return it asap.
Ya, if you can return it, do that. May have been an odd defect in the router. I agree, should not happen.
DavesPlanet wrote:
Model RAX29
It was not clogged with dust as it was a recent purchase from Walmart, easily returnable.
I would be more than happy to plug it back in (outdoors) and get a picture of smoke pouring out of it.
