RB 433AH upgrade

RouterOS Wireless Networking
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Hi all,

I have a RB433AH that had ROS 3.25 on it. For some reason I would not detect the wireless card(R52H). I then decided to upgrade the ROS to 5.14. I downloaded and installed the ROS 5.14 on the RB but after that the board does not seem to be booting. How do I recover this board? TIA.

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I and to relevant info concerning the upgrade process. I followed the instructions that I found and this is what had happened. So it seem I bricked the router. How do I recover it.

Is it possible to download older versions of ROS/ Where?

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http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Netinstall
grab ros4.17 and try it.
http://download2.mikrotik.com/all_packages-mipsbe-4.17.zip

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It happened due to Old bootloader… you have to upgrade Bootloader of RB 433G to 2.3X or greater.

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Thanks for the responses. Does the Bootloader thing apply to the RB433AH? I will check it and uograde as necessary.

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How do you upgrade the Bootloader? I read that you upgrade the ROS and afterm successful upgrade you issue the command “system routerboard upgrade” But if the upgrade is causing me problem, which should be done first?

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Can you get into the 433 at all?

I know you can flash it with a newer version (3.30, 4.17, etc).

Sounds like you need an alternate method, which I haven’t tried yet.

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Hi,

You can upgrade the bootloader manual by console. Download RB433AH routerboot firmware from routerboard.com or on mentioned link this is 2.39 bootloader

http://routerboard.com/fwf/37/ar7100-2.39.fwf

chk the third method on the below link

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Bootloader_upgrade

or chk Sergejs reply http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/netinstall-wont-install/25569/1

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I upggraded the bootloader through the serial console using Serjes’s method. The board still does not boot at states: “system halted” at the serial console. I gues I have to try the Netinstall.

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I tried the net install method, but still no success. I show on the serial console that it is trying to Bootp, but I don’t see the router in the Netinstall window. What could I be doing wrong? I followed the instructions as mentioned.

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try 5.x version netinstall, run as administrator for Vista and win7… and disable firewall of ur PC.

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Well after several attempts I finally got to install ROS 5.14 on this board using netinstall. Firstly the computer that I had first tried with did not support PXE, so I had to use my netbook. Secondly I had to use an ethernet crossover cable between the netbook and the RB. After that I was able to complete the activity with the instructions at the website.

I am now back to square one where the Wireless card are not identified. The RB seems to be faulty because at tmes the card are identified. I tried another board and it worked without problem.

Thanks for all your input/responses.