Fortigate 50b can't start

[BastienM]

Hello,

I recently got a Fortigate 50b from an old company, i couldn't manage to find the password so i did a factory reset and i downloaded the firmware from fortinet's website, i wanted to install it on the Fortigate but it doesn't start up anymore,

the "status" LED is always on and i can't connect to the CLI using the console cable.

Does any one have a solution ? 

Thank you 

[BastienM]

update :

I tried it on a customer's laptop who got a COM port, i it works, now the problem i have is that the Fortigate can't get to install the firmware image, but don't worry i'll figure this out.

Thank you for your patience and your help.

[ede_pfau]

Next step is from the boot menu to upload the firmware image. For this,

- connect a TP cable from the notebook to port 1

the caveat here is that the FGT expects the TFTP server on a specific port, not on any port!

- on the notebook, start up a TFTP server (for instance, tftp64).

- point it's directory to the folder where the firmware image resides

- the FGT will provide DHCP for the notebook

- from the boot menu, start the upload

- once loaded, the FGT will reboot and you should be able to connect to 192.168.1.99 on port1 (via HTTP, HTTPS or ssh).

If you encounter problems come back often.