Nighthawk Nightmare - won't factory re-set (tried the 7 second and 30 second button-press...)

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Nighthawk Nightmare - won't factory reset(have repeatedly tried the 7-second and 30-second button press with the paperclip...)&nbsp;I have the Nighthawk RAX 50 (AX 5400 6-stream router)&nbsp;AX5400 WiFi Router (RAX50)&nbsp;&nbsp;I tried to do the firmware update and now it's bricked. Can't access routerlogin.net, it isn't broadcasting any sort of discernable WiFi SSID (its default should be NETGEAR23).&nbsp;I have downloaded the latest firmware&nbsp; V1.0.12.120 to a thumb drive.Is there a button combo to load/update firmware manually using the USB on the back?I'm afraid it's toast - and not sure what to do next.&nbsp;Any suggestions?&nbsp;AX5400 WiFi Router (RAX50)&nbsp;

FURRYe38 · Answer

https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTPNeed to press the reset button for 30 seconds then release, then it send to PUT the command and upload the FW.&nbsp;Make sure you enable tftp: https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10Video walk through using a tftp client. Use the built in one for windows 10 though. the video is more of an example of how its done:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpawI had a problem on a Windows 10 PC where this didn't work to use TFTP, so I switched to a Windows 7 PC and the TFTP worked.Mac TFTP: https://www.petenetlive.com/KB/Article/0001247Try nmrpflash:https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
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I recommend loading v.112. There seems to be problems with v.120 currently.
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Nighthawk Nightmare - won't factory re-set (tried the 7 second and 30 second button-press...)

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