Dm500s wont boot

madman1

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My Satellite Setup
dm500s sky 60cm dish amd x2 6000 4gb ram nvidia 9800gt ubuntu 10.10
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uk
hi i bought a dm500s and it had gemini image on it i used flashwizard to put jade ple image on it got to 84% then electric went off then when i went to do it again the box wont go on now and i cant connect to box any ideas i turn the box on and after about 5-10mins the green light on front goes off
 
im using ubuntu 10.10 is this where im going wong as i open dreamup and the ip address is there on network bit but i cant see anything in com port
 
you will need to try reflashing another image to the box. If your box is a clone it may have been killed by the Gemini timebomb, thats if they are still putting it in the 500 images. They hit thousands of boxes with the release of 4.31

If thats the case the only way back is by jtagging it as the bootloader would have been deleted by the timebomb.

You can try reflashing it with the rs232 connection using a null modem cable, not a serial lead.

I'm Going off my memory for the next bit as i haven't had to use dreamup for a while.

Switch receiver off. Connect your computer and receiver up to the null modem cable. You don't need the network cable connected.

You will then need to start Dreamup, click on flash image and it should then ask you to switch the receiver on.

If the bootloader is still there Dreamup should then confirm the receiver is alive and connected.

Select the image (Not Gemini, try S.I.F, Nabilosat, Pli or Powerboard Enigma)

Click on flash and it should resnd the image to the box. It will take over 10 mins to send the image over as the RS232 connection is really slow.

When its finished hopefully it should work.

If your box doesn't connect when you switch the receiver on when prompted by Dreamup you will have to jtag it to bring it back to life.

:-beer

Nano
 
Or if its a clone you could just save yourself a whole load of grief, sling it in the bin and buy summat decent! :D
 
ive sorted it now thanx managed to put another image on it :):)
 
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