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J5ive's avatar
J5ive
Aspirant
Jul 12, 2023

Netgear night hawk R7000 power led stays orange no boot

Netgear nighthawk r7000 will not boot only has orange power light that stays orange and white LED on Wi-Fi but cannot access. I have tried flashing via tftp and uart serial connection. It does show up as an unidentified network when plugged in via Ethernet but I cannot do anything with it

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  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Guru - Experienced User

    J5ive wrote:
    Netgear nighthawk r7000 will not boot only has orange power light that stays orange and white LED on Wi-Fi but cannot access. I have tried flashing via tftp and uart serial connection. It does show up as an unidentified network when plugged in via Ethernet but I cannot do anything with it

    If it still has the orange power light, the firmware is corrupt.

     

    There is more severe, recovery reset, that you could try:

     

    • Press reset for 30 seconds
    • Keep pressing reset while removing power
    • Keep pressing reset for another 30 seconds while apply power

     

    If that fails, you are back into TFTP country.

     

    How to upload firmware to a NETGEAR router using Windows TFTP | Answer | NETGEAR Support

     

    This isn't the easiest operation, so if you are forced to use it, you could try a web search to find videos that guide you through the process.

     

     

    Different hardware, same approach.

     

    Then there is

     

    GitHub - jclehner/nmrpflash: Netgear Unbrick Utility

     

     

    • J5ive's avatar
      J5ive
      Aspirant

      Thanks, I will try these out and let you know if it works.