Still have amber power light even after attempt at factory reset. How to unbrick?

Question

My WNDR450/N900 has an amber power light, even after attempting a factory reset.

I've seen various discussions that indicate I will need to manually TFTP firmware onto the router to attempt to get it working again.

Just downloaded firmware verison
WNDR4500-V1.0.1.46_1.0.76.chk

Is this the best method of trying to unbrick this router?

Is there some other attempt to reset that I am unaware of or have neglected to try?

plemans · Answer

tftp or nmrpflash.&nbsp;are you on windows? if so, follow this guidehttps://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP&nbsp;just make sure you enable tftp&nbsp;https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10&nbsp;and here's a video walk through.&nbsp;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw&nbsp;and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflashhttps://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash

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Still have amber power light even after attempt at factory reset. How to unbrick?

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