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URGENT! MR60 Power Supply Fail - Making LOUD buzzing / hissing sound. Still under hardware warranty
Hi, The power adapter to my MR60 is failing. It's making a terrible LOUD hissing/buzzing sound - plugged directly into the wall. Have tried other outlets in house, same problem. This feels ve...
That sound coming from your power supply is most likely a capacitor going bad. Most of the time they don't catch fire, as it keeps going bad your router will have issues like slowing down your internet to disconnecting you until you replace the power supply.
I'd disconnect that power supply pretty quickly. It might be going bad and might not cause a fire but when it comes to that, better safe than sorry.
Check your satellites as they might use a matching power supply that you can use to manage the router until you can get in contact with support/moderator to get help getting it replaced.