Hikvision NVR7208-12/P8 Firmware Required

joes7

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Aug 10, 2025
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Canada
Hi everyone,

I attempted a firmware update on my NVR7208-I2/P8 (Serial: 0820160323CCRRxxxxxxxxxWCWU), which was originally running V3.4.2.

The only firmware I could find was for the Hikvision DS-7608NI-I2/8P — the devices look identical physically. Following the instructions, I upgraded to V3.4.92, performed a factory reset, and then updated further to V4.61 from the Hikvision US website.

Since then, the device has become unstable and restarts every few minutes.

Does anyone have a link to a stable firmware version that works with this model?

Thanks in advance!
 
then updated further to V4.61 from the Hikvision US website.

Since then, the device has become unstable and restarts every few minutes.
I've seen some instability with firmware NVR_K51_BL_ML_STD_V4.61.010_220527 on a DS-7608NI-I2/8P and I think there has also been mention of that a couple of years ago on here. The NVR tended to freeze or reboot when configuration changes were made.

Via the serial console, I downgraded the firmware to as far as it would accept - V4.51.025 build 210927and it was fully stable after that.
The mainboard version was 80242_P Rev 3.0
My speculation was there was an issue linked to the slightly different chips on that board.
The downgraded firmware was from here :

However - do note that your NVR is not quite the same model - the problem and fix may not be the same.