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RBR50 Wont Boot
Bought a second hand RBR50 from eBay, currently it wont boot correctly, attached a USB > Serial adapter and it intermitently will boot up but a lot of the time it will stop at this stage in the boot ...
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/custom-firmware-build-for-orbi-rbk50-rbk53-rbr50-rbs50-v-9-2-5-1-18sf-hw-v-9-2-5-1-18-1sf-hw.64414/page-3#post-590839
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Is-my-13-month-old-RBR50-bricked/td-p/2009904/jump-to/first-unread-messageIF this doesn't help, send the RBR back to seller.
https://www.snbforums.com/threads/custom-firmware-build-for-orbi-rbk50-rbk53-rbr50-rbs50-v-9-2-5-1-18sf-hw-v-9-2-5-1-18-1sf-hw.64414/page-3#post-590839
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/Is-my-13-month-old-RBR50-bricked/td-p/2009904/jump-to/first-unread-message
IF this doesn't help, send the RBR back to seller.
Thanks, I had looked at them already, but seems to confirm that this is more a hardware issue than a software issue :smileysad:, I did buy it as parts only, hoping it could be fixed, but wasn't the most expensive so at least I have learnt a bit along the way.