[SOLVED] Issue updating firmware

[gegnome]

Hi!

I'm having trouble upgrading the firmware on my Asus N66U. I've been running the Merlin firmware successfully for the past couple years and have been very pleased with it. I just noticed that when I try to upgrade from 380.67 to 380.68_4, nothing seems to change, I still see the web gui listing 380.67 in the corner.

Any thoughts? I've tried performing a hard reset of the router and trying again, as well as using the web gui to restore to factory defaults and nothing seems to be affecting my settings.

Thanks!

 

[SmallNetGuy]

Do you by any chance have USB external HD or SD key plugged into your router? If the answer is yes, try installing the latest firmware without USB plugged in, then reset your router.

 

[bsdsource]

You probably need to clear your web browser cache.

 

[joegreat]

Do you by any chance have USB external HD or SD key plugged into your router? If the answer is yes, try installing the latest firmware without USB plugged in, then reset your router.

The correct sequence is: remove all USB devices, restart the router - flash new firmware, connect the USB devices and reboot - be happy!

 

[gegnome]

No usb connected devices and I’ve tried clearing my browser cache with the same results. I’m somewhat at a loss of what could be going on.

 

[Jack Yaz]

No usb connected devices and I’ve tried clearing my browser cache with the same results. I’m somewhat at a loss of what could be going on.

Try 380.67 to 380.68 then 380.68_4

 

[gegnome]

Try 380.67 to 380.68 then 380.68_4

No luck, tried 380.68, cleared browser cache and still indicates I'm on 380.67.

 

[isr25]

No luck, tried 380.68, cleared browser cache and still indicates I'm on 380.67.

Press Shift+F5 on the browser - see if it works?

 

[gegnome]

Press Shift+F5 on the browser - see if it works?

I'm assuming you mean reloading the page? I reloaded with no change. For giggles, I logged in from another browser and still no change. Thanks for the suggestion.

 

[gegnome]

SOLVED:

I ended up booting into recovery mode (turn off power, hold reset button and turn on power, release reset button once power light begins blinking at around 1-2 second intervals), then loading an older version of the firmware, and upgrading to latest from there.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

 

[martinr]

SOLVED:

I ended up booting into recovery mode (turn off power, hold reset button and turn on power, release reset button once power light begins blinking at around 1-2 second intervals), then loading an older version of the firmware, and upgrading to latest from there.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Good news. Thanks for updating. Out of interest, which was the older version of the firmware you loaded, and do you think that was what solved it or your going into recovery mode? (I guess at this stage you're not exactly bothered which it was!)

 

[gegnome]

Good news. Thanks for updating. Out of interest, which was the older version of the firmware you loaded, and do you think that was what solved it or your going into recovery mode? (I guess at this stage you're not exactly bothered which it was!)

For what it's worth I rolled back to 380.65_4 (I had happened to have that version downloaded). Absolutely no idea which ended up fixing things, wish I could give a more definitive answer.

 

[martinr]

For what it's worth I rolled back to 380.65_4 (I had happened to have that version downloaded). Absolutely no idea which ended up fixing things, wish I could give a more definitive answer.

Sometimes, I get the impression that a bit of perseverance does the trick for no apparent reason. You're up and running, that's the main thing.