2600xm password reset not working, wont ignore startup-config

mark076h

OK little update. I got home tonight and tried to see if things were working again and they were not. So, I opened the router up and pressed down on the nvram chip and blew pretty hard around it. After I did this i booted up the router without any nvram errors and successfully was able to perform all commands that use the nvram, write erase, show start, and copy run start. All of them seemed to work. Maybe this was an issue with dust or chip creep? I currently have the router powered down and going to see if it retains the config.

mark076h

Good news. I had the router powered down all day today and when I got home tonight I booted it up just fine. Hopefully this was a dust/chip creep problem and I don't start to get any more nvram problems. This was a great learning experience anyways. I learned a plethora of commands, rommon, config register settings/commands, and how to load a new IOS via tftp.

Thanks for the help everyone.