# Open Firmware Fixes Dead Onkyo AV Receivers

https://hackaday.com/2026/10/13/open-firmware-fixes-dead-onkyo-av-receivers/

If you’ve been reading Hackaday for any length of time, you’ll know we love seeing hackers replacing the stock firmware on their devices with open source alternatives. Usually this is done because the open firmware offers more features, or lifts some arbitrary limitation. But if you find yourself installing OSIRIS on an Onkyo AV receiver such as the TX-NR717, it’s probably because you’re trying to bring the thing back to life. As developer [Jokūbas] explains, certain Onkyo receivers that use the Texas Instruments D830 are known to suffer from a very specific failure — the device wil

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Created: 2026-10-25T13:51:10.058088+00:00

Last edited: 2026-10-25T13:51:10.058088+00:00

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Original source: https://hackaday.com/2026/10/13/open-firmware-fixes-dead-onkyo-av-receivers/