# Ether dream Red led - Bootloader mode

**URL:** <https://forum.liberationlaser.com/t/ether-dream-red-led-bootloader-mode/1220>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [8 July 2025 14:03 UTC](https://forum.liberationlaser.com/t/ether-dream-red-led-bootloader-mode/1220 "2025-07-08T14:03:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Pierre](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.liberationlaser.com/pierre/32/363_2.png) [@Pierre](https://forum.liberationlaser.com/u/Pierre)\
**Post date:** [8 July 2025 14:03 UTC](https://forum.liberationlaser.com/t/ether-dream-red-led-bootloader-mode/1220/1 "2025-07-08T14:03:03Z")

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Hi, I’m just about to cry out for help! I have an ether dream, which suddenly turned into a fixed red LED. I looked on the forum and on the ether dream website. I tried changing my firmware with USB C, but it still doesn’t work. Now it starts in bootloader mode on my computer every time. Do you know what to do?  
Thanks  
PN

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**Author:** ![seb](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.liberationlaser.com/seb/32/3_2.png) [@seb](https://forum.liberationlaser.com/u/seb)\
**Post date:** [9 July 2025 09:56 UTC](https://forum.liberationlaser.com/t/ether-dream-red-led-bootloader-mode/1220/2 "2025-07-09T09:56:56Z")

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I’ve never seen this before! Can you clarify :

> [@Pierre](#):
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> which suddenly turned into a fixed red LED

Did you do anything special before this happened? Did you plug it into the computer? Maybe it’s a faulty unit?

Seb

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**Author:** ![Pierre](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.liberationlaser.com/pierre/32/363_2.png) [@Pierre](https://forum.liberationlaser.com/u/Pierre)\
**Post date:** [9 July 2025 19:06 UTC](https://forum.liberationlaser.com/t/ether-dream-red-led-bootloader-mode/1220/3 "2025-07-09T19:06:16Z")

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Hi,

No, I had 3 days of laser service. 2 days were ok and on the 3rd 1 of the 6 ether no longer responded. I looked at it and the LED was still fixed red. I tried to put the firmware as explained on the manufacturer’s website but nothing is worse. Now the ether is detected on my computer in bootloader mode. And I can’t copy anything to it (firmware).

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**Author:** ![seb](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.liberationlaser.com/seb/32/3_2.png) [@seb](https://forum.liberationlaser.com/u/seb)\
**Post date:** [9 July 2025 20:11 UTC](https://forum.liberationlaser.com/t/ether-dream-red-led-bootloader-mode/1220/4 "2025-07-09T20:11:02Z")

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ah right yeah sounds like a faulty unit to me!

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**Author:** ![EricWatkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/57b2e6/32.png) [@EricWatkins](https://forum.liberationlaser.com/u/EricWatkins)\
**Post date:** [10 July 2025 03:13 UTC](https://forum.liberationlaser.com/t/ether-dream-red-led-bootloader-mode/1220/5 "2025-07-10T03:13:59Z")

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Two of my Etherdream units were doing this to me tonight. Turned out I had two bad port on my POE switch. (I think I blew a capacitor behind those two ports.) Try using a wired USB → USBc connector before returning it. May be that the power in isn’t strong enuf.

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**Author:** ![Pierre](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.liberationlaser.com/pierre/32/363_2.png) [@Pierre](https://forum.liberationlaser.com/u/Pierre)\
**Post date:** [11 July 2025 19:16 UTC](https://forum.liberationlaser.com/t/ether-dream-red-led-bootloader-mode/1220/6 "2025-07-11T19:16:36Z")

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Hi, here it’s directly via USB C. And same problem. Thanks for your idea.