Calling a decoder "dead" can actually mean different things to different people. To some that may mean it isn't responding to its address. Others may mean the sound won't come on. To me it means you've let the magic smoke out and cooked some components. So if you mean something short of a cooked decoder then there may be a way to bring it back to life. In this video I'll tell you what can cause this to happen so you can avoid it and also give you some tips on how to fix the problem. Finally I'll show you how you can use a throttle (NCE PowerCab) or DecoderPro to issue a command that will reset the decoder to its factory default CV settings and hopefully return it to as new performance.