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BlxRayden's avatar
BlxRayden
Aspirant
Dec 15, 2021

XR500 Flashing White Light Corrupted fw

Hi all,

I have an issue with my XR500. Got it as a second hand, when it arrived it had amber orange light flashing so i decided to reset it. After i reset the router i started to get the flashing white power light. No ssid broadcast, wifi lights are off. Been searching through the forum and tried doing everything that was stated.

I tried 30-30-30 hard reset, then white power light becomes solid (Router is ready) but still there's no wifi or ssid broadcast. The second i plug the ethernet cable power light starts blinking white again.

I tried tftp2, tftpd64, cmd level transfer. Tftp2 gives the ''no response from the server(time out)''. Tftpd64 successfully transfers the update img. But router is still in the loop. Cmd level also says transfer successful. Lights go off, then they come back on but power light blinking white again.

There's activity between ethernet port and the router hence i could transfer the update file. But it's like the router just won't update itself.

 

Any other way i can flash the update file to the router ? Or do you all think this router is done for? 

Any help or suggestion appreciated.

6 Replies

  • FURRYe38's avatar
    FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User

    Netgear has set up a community forum specifically for the NightHawk Gaming Router products. Most of the people who watch that forum are more likely to have experience with NH gaming router products and know how to work it better than those of us who follow this router forum. Might be more likely to find someone who has a solution if the question is posted there:
    https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Pro-Gaming-Routers/bd-p/en-home-nighthawk-pro-gaming-routers

     

    Did you try nmrpflash?
    https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash

     

    Try a different power supply with same specs.

    If nothing works then the router maybe a bust. 


    Please use this link to the main forum product list to review and choose where to make your posts. 
    https://community.netgear.com/t5/NETGEAR-Forum/ct-p/en-netgear


    Thank you.

    • BlxRayden's avatar
      BlxRayden
      Aspirant

      Yea i did try the nmrpflash (Cmd level), but i think it has a filesize limit of 29-30 mb, the xr500 update is 37mb so i get a server timeout error with that.

      And thanks for the suggestion, any way to move this post to where it actually supposed to be or should i delete this one and post it there?

      Thanks

      • FURRYe38's avatar
        FURRYe38
        Guru - Experienced User

        Will get moved. :smileywink:

         

         

  • Don't do a 30-30-30 reset as that can damage the router. Unplug it from power for 10 minutes, plug in, wait 2 minutes, hold the reset button for 30 seconds, release, wait 2 minutes then see if you can access
    • BlxRayden's avatar
      BlxRayden
      Aspirant

      I did that as well. But no success. All i'm getting is the blinking white power light.

      • Netduma-Fraser's avatar
        Netduma-Fraser
        NetDuma Partner
        If you've never been able to access it and TFTP isn't working then I would take it up with the seller and get a refund