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Still have amber power light even after attempt at factory reset. How to unbrick?
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 ge...
tftp or nmrpflash.
are you on windows? if so, follow this guide
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
just make sure you enable tftp
https://www.thewindowsclub.com/enable-tftp-windows-10
and here's a video walk through.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9DLrLQrpaw
and if that doesn't work, you can try using nmrpflash