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Router Unable to Boot, Stuck in Bootloop
Hi all, I am having trouble with my Netgear Nighthawk X6 R8000 currently. I have had this router for 5.5 years (since August 8, 2014) and it is currently running on the latest firmware (1.04....
Issue has been resolved, please see post #5 of this thread:
What do the LEDs on the R8000 look like? Especially the power LED?
5.5 years of daily on/off cycling might have done thkigs to the power adapter. Do you have a spare you could try?
Anything with the right volts, amps, polarity and tip size should work.
The cycling may also explain why the HDD plays up. Switching things on/off can confuse things.
Guessing the router may have had an update pushed to it that did not go well.
May need to do the famous, on this site, tftp to get it going again.
https://kb.netgear.com/000059634/How-to-upload-firmware-to-a-NETGEAR-router-using-Windows-TFTP
Just a curiosity question. Why don't you leave the router turned on? Doesn't use that much electricity and opens you up to early life failures, just like it is recommended to not turn a PC off. Inrush can damage components.
