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pikey08 · 27-03-10, 01:34 PM

hey guys last night something happened to my modem when i plug it in the lights on the front flash on for a second but then go off windows tells me that something is plugged in but i cant access the modem gui page any ideas

Cheers

fnr3master · 27-03-10, 01:59 PM

sounds like its bricked m8. but normally when its bricked u get the power light flash.

ive done it myself a few times in the past, when ive put the power lead in and out the modem to quick and it must mess up the bootloader, so then i have to reflash it.

only seems to happen on the sb5100's

pikey08 · 27-03-10, 02:37 PM

so can it be saved? like if i take it to my m8 would he be able to reflash it?

27-03-10, 01:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
pikey08 spongebob for president Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: wednesbury (just outside west bromwich) Posts: 110 Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	sb5100 help hey guys last night something happened to my modem when i plug it in the lights on the front flash on for a second but then go off windows tells me that something is plugged in but i cant access the modem gui page any ideas Cheers

27-03-10, 01:59 PM	#2 (permalink)
fnr3master TRAIN HARD, FIGHT EASY Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 876 Thanks: 228 Thanked 200 Times in 177 Posts	Re: sb5100 help sounds like its bricked m8. but normally when its bricked u get the power light flash. ive done it myself a few times in the past, when ive put the power lead in and out the modem to quick and it must mess up the bootloader, so then i have to reflash it. only seems to happen on the sb5100's Last edited by fnr3master; 27-03-10 at 02:03 PM.

27-03-10, 02:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
pikey08 spongebob for president Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: wednesbury (just outside west bromwich) Posts: 110 Thanks: 6 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: sb5100 help so can it be saved? like if i take it to my m8 would he be able to reflash it?

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