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Crazyhuntaholic
Jul 30, 2022Aspirant
Has anyone figured out how to fix a bricked router out of the box
Bought a nighthawk router years ago before I was going to move. Moved a couple months later took it out the box instant orange light. Tried fixing it nothing worked and I was past best buys return wi...
michaelkenward
Jul 31, 2022Guru - Experienced User
wcalifas
Aug 06, 2022Prodigy
amber light usually means bad power adapter, try a different power adapter. You can also try to ping it and see if you get a response. Or its firmware could have somehow gotten corrupted and you can try to reload it with the tftp method.