Nighthawk - red lights then nothing

[PauloL]

After deteriorating speeds, I reset my Nighthawk EX7000 (7 second press).  

Now, it won't start up.

All that happens when I switch on is...

(1) all lights green for a couple of seconds

(2) the 2.4GHz, 5GHz and Device to Extender lights go red (all others off) and NETGEAR logo flashes.  

(3) after about 30 seconds all lights off apart from randomly flash NETGEAR logo.

Is it DEAD? 

I only bought it in Feb 2018 so I'd expect it to last a bit longer than 2.5 years.

Thanks

Paul

[plemans]

something might have gotten corrupted, you can try recoving with 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

https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash

[PauloL]

Thanks @plemans

I'm on Mac - do you have an OSX version of the script?

Thanks

Paul

[plemans]

Here's a guide of someone doing it to an R7000 on mac. it should be a very similar process. 

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/How-to-unbrick-the-Nighthawk-R7000-using-OS-...

[PauloL]

Thanks - I'll give it a try this evening.  

Paulo