power light stays on amber help please

[Bk82]

Hi since Friday my nighthawk started not powering on power light staying Amber after a while or a factory reset it comes on. dose anybody knows what's happening thanks in adavance

[microchip8 · Accepted solution]

Seems your router may be half-bricked. Can try the TFTP mothod to recover it https://kb.netgear.com/000059633/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-TFTP-client

[microchip8 · Accepted solution]

Seems your router may be half-bricked. Can try the TFTP mothod to recover it https://kb.netgear.com/000059633/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-TFTP-client

[Bk82]

Thanks I'll try that. But why would this happen

[microchip8]

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@Bk82 wrote:
Thanks I'll try that. But why would this happen

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A bad update perhaps. Turn off Auto-Update if that feature is available on your router model