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Brand new ATL LTE-18 bricked... :(

Wed Sep 27, 2023 1:31 am

Hello everybody,
Tonight I unpacked my brand new ATL LTE-18, for the First Time I build my LAN cable to connect the router with my PC, It worked like a charm!

So, I have done the Quick configuration, I check the firmware update... oh, I have to download the latest firmware. Download started, finished, rebooting router then.... BLACKOUT!
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when the Energy comes back, the router start to reboot.... then again... and again... and again...

After 30 Years of firmware upgrading, BIOS flashing and other stuff like that, I bricked my First device...
Anyway I'm too newbie to handle RouterOS and NetInstall and I can't unbrick my Mikrotik because I can't longer access to It.

Can I do something to bring back to its short Life my Mikrotik?

Thanks in advance
 
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Re: Brand new ATL LTE-18 bricked... :(

Wed Sep 27, 2023 5:59 am

Netinstall is the only way.

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Personal comment to something mentioned in that thread: I have FAR more success using Linux vs Windows.
 
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Re: Brand new ATL LTE-18 bricked... :(

Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:12 am

Small piece of advice, always have some kind of UPS power in case you are flashing/upgrading firmware. I learned that a hard way...

All my networking equipment, NAS and PC are on UPS power supply.
 
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Re: Brand new ATL LTE-18 bricked... :(

Wed Sep 27, 2023 9:32 am

Netinstall is the only way.

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Personal comment to something mentioned in that thread: I have FAR more success using Linux vs Windows.
I have already installed NetInstall, I tried to set the ATL IN PRBM mode but I can't succeed. How do I know I entered in PRBM Mode?
 
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Re: Brand new ATL LTE-18 bricked... :(

Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:22 am

Press reset and keep it pressed until you see it appearing in netinstall window.
Sometimes it can help to press reset already before power on, then backup bootloader will be used.

When in doubt:
Use wireshark on your computer.
When you see bootp requests coming, you know your device is in netinstall mode.
 
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Re: Brand new ATL LTE-18 bricked... :(

Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:29 am

Recently HAP AC bricked while updating (SFP overheated) and wouldn't boot.
Holding reset button while booting fixed it.
Netinstall is not the only way.
 
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Re: Brand new ATL LTE-18 bricked... :(

Thu Sep 28, 2023 2:22 am

Finally, after a whole night of trials, reset button pressed and waitings, I unbricked the ATL with NetInstall.
Thanks you all for your support!
 
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Re: Brand new ATL LTE-18 bricked... :(

Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:59 pm

Finally, after a whole night of trials, reset button pressed and waitings, I unbricked the ATL with NetInstall.
Thanks you all for your support!

This is good news. For the future, aside from the excellent backup power advice already given, you absolutely DO NOT "have to download the latest firmware" unless you have issues or need to patch a serious vulnerability. Let others be the beta testers for a few months...
 
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Re: Brand new ATL LTE-18 bricked... :(

Sun Jan 07, 2024 12:05 am

I have the same problem. How you switched ATL to netinstal mode ?
 
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Re: Brand new ATL LTE-18 bricked... :(

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Re: Brand new ATL LTE-18 bricked... :(

Sun Jan 07, 2024 1:09 am

@hackfraud has a point...
Recently HAP AC bricked while updating (SFP overheated) and wouldn't boot.
Holding reset button while booting fixed it.
It's always worth trying a reset to default (which means holding reset for 8-10 seconds WHILE powering the unit). If that doesn't work, then netinstall is the only answer...

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