Cisco 3650 24 port switch comes up with Mainboard Hardware Authentication Failure _abort init

[antste1981]

Hello,

Basically 2 months into use with this an error message comes up saying Mainboard Hardware Authentication Failure and will not load any IOS and I cant even get into recovery mode by holding in the mode button on the switch.  It looks to me like a possible hardware failure but I'm not sure and wondering if you guys have experienced this issue.  Thanks 

[Leo Laohoo]

Reboot the appliance and if the same error message pops up, RMA the appliance.