Apple TV bricked

[Blintok]

So last night around 1730 the power went out for about 1 min. About 2h later decided to update the Apple TV. During the update the farging power goes out again same as above.

So i now have a dead A-TV ... power light rapid blinking. Gen 3 i believe.

checked online for solution and tried to reset thru I-Tunes but it is driving me batshit crazy because i see nothing about the A-TV in I-Tunes.

I plugged the A-TV into the Macbook Air via the USB cable.

I unplugged everything like the instructions said. Tried it both with no power to A-TV and power. I see nothing in iTunes.

Do i have to plug into the Macbook and have the HDMI to TV connected? that is the one thing i did not do. The only thing i see on the TV is an iTunes icon and USB.

 

[TheStu]

It might be thoroughly borked, something similar happened to mine. How old is it, it might be under warranty.

You can try putting it into DFU mode:

-Disconnect the HDMI, power and USB cables
-Wait for 10 seconds
-Reconnect the USB cable
-Immediately hold the menu and play buttons on the remote for 15 seconds (point it at the aTV obviously)
-Apple TV should now start flashing the LED wildly and appear in iTunes with the restore button.