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    Amber light after Netgate 4100 firmware upgrade

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    • stephenw10S
      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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      Hmm, not a hardware power problem then.

      If you just leave it powered does it eventually do anything?

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        smartcall @stephenw10
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        @stephenw10 I left it overnight - nothing

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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          Hmm 😞

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            NOCling
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            Do you try to remove the SSD and use the eMMC Flash?

            Netgate 6100 & Netgate 2100

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              smartcall @NOCling
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              @NOCling No, It doesn't show any BIOS/boot related messages in the serial console. Just a black screen.

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              • arriA
                arri
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                Same here, a 4100 Base where the eMMC wore out. The power was probably pulled on it by unknowing techs as well. I was able to boot from USB installer once to verify I could. After purchasing an appropriate NVMe and trying again to boot the installer I got nothing. No console, just the same leds on the board as above and an orange circle of death.

                It just won't post now. I tried leaving the cmos battery out for a day to no avail.

                Long pressing the power button will get the board mounted led's to do a little dance with the reset light but it always ends up back in this same state with no console output.

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                  smartcall @arri
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                  @arri Unfortunately I haven't been able to solve the issue on my end so far. So now I have an expensive appliance sitting in my drawer.
                  I'd appreciate if you post a solution in case you ever find one.

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                  • arriA
                    arri @smartcall
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                    @smartcall Will do.

                    At present, given multiple young but out of warranty Netgate hardware of mine that are becoming unrecoverable the only reason I was buying Netgate hardware in the first place is no the case.

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