3Com Switch 33000 - Dead?

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In article <c97890a4.0406292108.653d8cb4@posting.google.com>,
goodwill@alloymail.com (Will) writes:
>One of my 4 3Com 3300 24 port switches stopped working properly.
>
>I can not get thru to it no matter what (console, http, etc..)
>But the lights are on, there is obviously something working.
>And it does not route.

Take out the module (if any), blow away the dust and hit it
really hard. Then there is a 30% chance of passing the POST
and working for a more or less extended period of time.
>
>Is there anyway to reset the firmaware to the original on it?
>(mind you my version does not even have a reset button)

There exists a pre-boot XMODEM update procedure, but it did never
any good for me.

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Manfred Kwiatkowski kwiatkowski@zrz.tu-berlin.de