Linksys BEFW11S4 Teardown

Waiting to be disassembled...

Remove antennas.

Remove nuts and washers around antenna connectors.

Push in antenna connectors.

Remove feet (with flat-head screwdriver, fingernails, etc).

Unscrew the screws.

Pull apart blue front from black back with a LOT of force.

Slide and pull up bottom. (Make sure the antenna connectors get through.)

Twist and pull out antenna connector feeds.

Pull up RF shield from motherboard.

Unscrew the motherboard from the bottom.

Push the motherboard forward (as in this picture) to unlatch it from the bottom.

Push the card forward to deattach the pins.

Remove the card from the metal holdster.

Here are the markings on the motherboard chips. If you have any info on these chips, please comment!

Macronix 29F040QC-90

ISSI IS41C16100S-50K

SAMSUNG ARM S3C4510X01-QERO

RMC RTL8019AS

Bothhands FB2022

Bothhands 40ST1041E

Kendin KS8995. Kendin has since been bought by Micrel.

Enjoy!