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CCNE37
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Oct 09, 2019
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R7000 bricked after firmware update attempt

I have recently tried a firmware upgrade on my R7000, and it never got past the dreaded white blinking power light.   I found other threads that referred to the tftp process, and tried a few things...
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    CCNE37
    Oct 10, 2019

    Thanks again.

     

    Well I tried again from scratch, and got something to happen using the Windows 10 TFTP client.

     

    It came up with a message saying that transfer was successful.

     

    After a few minutes, the power light turned solid orange and stayed orange for about 10 minutes - I was about to pull everything apart again, when it suddenly turned solid white and the internet light came on.

     

    I have checked and the firmware is back where it was before I believe, which is the same as the firmware version I used for the transfer via TFTP.

     

    I am very hesitant to try the firmware update again.

     

    Thanks you for your help :smileyhappy:  Much appreciated.

     

    Colin