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Modem (CM1200) ALL lights lit up. Won't reset. No Firmware to download on Netgear website
So my CM1200 modem has all the lights lit up and not blinking. I have tried all the manual reset button push methods mentioned. From reading a bit, it seems maybe it is "bricked" or was frozen or got...
> my CM1200 modem [...]
https://community.netgear.com/t5/x/bd-p/home-cable-modems-routers
> [...] has all the lights lit up and not blinking. [...]
Not a good sign. History? Spontaneous combustion? Lightning? ...?
> [...] I have tried all the manual reset button push methods mentioned.
> From reading a bit, [...]
For us non-psychics, ... "mentioned"? "reading a bit" of _what_?
> [...] So I read I need to do a TFTP firmware update [...]
Read it again (whatever it was)? A flashing power indicator is the
usual indication for the TFTP recovery scheme. Your symptom suggests a
very different kind of problem.
> [...] The PROBLEM with this [...]
That's only _a_ problem, not _the_ problem.
https://kb.netgear.com/000036375
> So how am I supposed to [...]
You're not.
You might try asking your ISP to try to talk to the thing, but with
that LED behavior, I wouldn't expect much. Not every possible failure
has a simple user fix.