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I have tried changing the Baud of my console session, because I suspected that I had messed up the console settings in ROM. So far I haven't been able to get any console output other than what is shown above. I thought that ROM would be protected from corruption considering it is 'read only'. What else can I try to regain control of my router? I have another memory card in another 2801, (slightly newer 2801), but I don't want to risk messing up another router.
also, during this, the Sys Power light flashes constantly, but the sys activity light does not flash at all.
Please help if you have any ideas.
Thanks!
Ryan
