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FVS318G bricked. Help!
I have a FVS318G that served me well years ago, but moved and didn't need it until yesterday. It powered up just fine, and so I downloaded the latest firmware for it. When I tried to apply it, I g...
I apologized for NETGEAR will not be able to replace your FVS318G since its already out of warranty.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR CommunityTeam
I figured as such. But I'll say this. If I took my car to the dealership and they did something to it that broke it, even if it was out of warranty, I'd expect them to repair or replace it. Me getting an "Invalid file format" error (which resulted in bricking my device) when I tried applying the latest firmware to my Netgear device was "the dealer's fault" in this case.
Chris
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