@PowerlineFW 2.8 worked beautifully on my PA8030. Thanks so much for your help.

@dunxd Sorry for any confuion. If I wrote 8630 I meant 8030. When i tried to install 2.7 on the 8030 it bricked the device. i went back and re-installed 2.6 which is what I am using now.

@Max315 are these files you found for U.K. version only or also U.S. version available?

@turboleak Great apprecaite your help. I bricked my 8630 yesterday going from 2.6 to 2.7 but managed to unbrick it today. Probably picked the wrong files when I updated. Will try again with your...

@turboleak Great help, I managed to get it to 2.6 by stepping through each update. Still struggling with 2.8. I'll give it another shot tomorrow and make sure I have all the files and versions...

@turboleak Yes, this was an update that TP Link support gave me a few weeks ago as "the latest". Well I suppose they have to cut costs somewhere becasue their hardware is a good price value compared...