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Lantis wrote:Go for a serial recovery.

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let's just say I was hoping for a less 'hands on approach' solution...you know, the fast one

ordering parts and soldering that thing together takes time (especially the ordering and waiting part)

happy effin days....

unbrick tp-link 1043 rev.1 with gargoyle (openwrt)

1) recovery mode launch
- turn off the router
- change pc ip on 192.168.1.2
- turn on the router and check SYS led: as soon as it blinks first time - press and hold RESET
- SYS should blink frequently, if so - release reset

2) flashing
- download gargoyle sysupgrade firmware (example gargoyle_1.8.1-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin)
- ssh to router (192.168.1.1) and write
mount_root
/etc/init.d/dropbear start
passwd
- download winscp
- "Session" tab
host name = 192.168.1.1
port number = 22
user name = root
password = *password* from passwd
- copy sysupgrade.bin into the /tmp
- return to ssh now and write:
cd /tmp
mtd -e firmware -r write gargoyle_1.8.1-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin firmware
- do not restart or turn off the router! the router should reboot itself!

I'd like to be able to help you further. But I can only point you towards information that will allow you to help yourself.

It would be useful to know if both error reports are from the same model.

448 wrote:unbrick tp-link 1043 rev.1 with gargoyle (openwrt)

1) recovery mode launch
- turn off the router
- change pc ip on 192.168.1.2
- turn on the router and check SYS led: as soon as it blinks first time - press and hold RESET
- SYS should blink frequently, if so - release reset

yeah,... as mentioned before: cannot do that when the darn sys-led is not lighting up

@lantis: yup, tried to preserve settings, dunno about the second brick.. but he has a 1043nd as well.
Mine is v1.

And from what version did you preserve settings?
That could be an issue.

My other suggestion wiuld be to turn it on and leave it overnight. I've seen a few tp link routers bring themselves back to life. That's a long shot though.

oh right, sorry for not mentioning it..

I tried to preserve from 1.9.0

Is it safe to upgrade from gargoyle-ispy 2016-June-03 19:21.torrent to Version 1.9.1 and preserving settings?

Archer C7 V2
Old and New Chipset

I did the same like frosty.
I marked also " attempt to preserve settings"...

I marked also " attempt to preserve settings"...

That button must cause 50% of all problems with gargoyle?

Problem installing the proprietary broadcom driver on my asus rt-n16: