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  1. nickkd

    Bricked my NVR by updating from very old firmware straight to latest one.

    I also only interested in the event-only recording but I set my nvr to record continuously full time for peace of mind. The web interface playback indeed only shows a solid yellow bar timeline with no event info. I also don't have 2 nvrs so I guess I will have to get use to iVMS, luckily my pc...
  2. nickkd

    Bricked my NVR by updating from very old firmware straight to latest one.

    Update: My orders arrived, I followed what Alastair suggested in his post and finally unbricked my nvr. It was straight forward and I did it first try. Just want to drop by to say big thank you to Alastair, without you and this forum I don't know what to do with my nvr. Last question, would you...
  3. nickkd

    Bricked my NVR by updating from very old firmware straight to latest one.

    Yes I did order the 4-pin 1.5mm JST ZH connector, and yes I also did read that post as well, that's why I ordered the cables. The reason I'm asking is because from that post you mentioned the nvr will only accept 3v (I might mistaken there?) The TA version only has 5v where as the non-TA has...
  4. nickkd

    Bricked my NVR by updating from very old firmware straight to latest one.

    Thanks Alastair. I forgot to mention that both laptops' firewall had been turned off and all troubleshooting and trial had also been done through my RT-AX3000 router/switch. One of my suspicion is with all the extra security setting on my router, it might prevent the handshake?! I don't have any...
  5. nickkd

    Bricked my NVR by updating from very old firmware straight to latest one.

    Hi everyone, Does anyone know how to fix a "semi-bricked" nvr caused by updating from very old firmware straight to latest one? I found out I should not update firmware like that the hard way. My NVR is DS-7604NI-E1/4P which ran firmware v3.3.4 build 160118 when I received it. I updated it to...