MR1100 Bricked overnight

Woke up to no connectivity and a MR1100 that wont boot. Orange Amber light flashes slowly, ATT logo shows in display but never progresses past

have spent hours trying to get a factory reset using the recessed button in the case, no matter how long i hold or dont there is no change in boot up behavior. I have held with power on, power off, power off and then powering on, different durations of the combinations, no difference in behavior

i have hooked up the device directly to my laptop and set the IP address, DNS, Gateway to the 192.168. values

cant ping the 192.168.1.1 successfully, always times out... so if i cant ping, i cant use TFTP

it feels like it crashed doing a firmware update, i am not certian if these devices auto update or not. i did not force or attempt anything.

any suggestions on how to get access to the device to diagnosis or reflash is so welcomed... this is my primary modem for work access on the road and its just a paper weight right now...