Stuck at Rommon,Corrupt CF Card, Unusable Baud Rate

[DAVID RICHWALSKI]

I am not sure exactly what happened but my Cisco 2851 Router is stuck at the Rommon Prompt.

To make it worse I cannot see what is going on because I do not know what my Baud Rate is at because I get nothing but garbage on the screen. I have tried every Baud Rate.

My BACKUP CF Card is Corrupt so I am stuck with no usable "GOOD FORMATTED" CF cards.

The Cisco 2851 DOES NOT have a "FACTORY RESET SWITCH" that I know of.

I do have my IOS ....

But if anyone can suggest how I should proceed from here...please let me know..

Thanks..........

[Leo Laohoo]

I am going to presume no one has bothered to upgrade the ROMMON of the router, right?

[DAVID RICHWALSKI]

no...Rommon has NOT been upgraded..i do not have access to the upgrade file..

[Leo Laohoo · Accepted solution]

Find a different machine to console into the router.

[DAVID RICHWALSKI]

I was able to get back up and running...took a little bit but it's all up now..