Originally posted by bvn123:
are there any guides on how to flash the dbox, and what cables to use,i am trying to fix it for my father in law
When tryin to flash a dbox2 these are the steps i take and it never fails, unless its a crap image deppending, were you source them from, my images are always 2x, because I have the
intel 2x chips inside my box. (you can look through the holes on the lid of
the box and see inside and just make out the letters on the chips).
Other older boxes like segams will take 1x image, again same process
but again all testing I have done is on 2x images..
Depending on the current status of the dbox, either currently working with an image with FTA channels working properly etc or a kien system message on the front lcd... the screen stays
black & the box wont boot up..these steps should help a bit at least..
You will need-
1: Dbox2 :| an image to use for flashing.
2: pc or laptop with RJ-45 connection
3: null modem cable
4: OR
5: network cable (i dont use both together)
6: Image flashing assistant
Working system -
(settings on the dbox)
Network setup -
static IP address - 192.168.0.20
subnet - 255.255.255.0
default
gateway - 192.168.0.1 (your router or PC IP )
Network Setup
connect your network cable to your router / router to your pc using standard RJ-45 patch cables, if using a peer2peer network setup, plug the network cable into the dbox2 then the other end into your pc's network card, assign your pc a static ip to allow the dbox2 and the pc to connect with each other.
1: grab your self a download of
IFA (Image flashing Assistant)
2: load it up and select the image to flash,
3: select your network card from the drop down
list,
4: click next and it will minimize to the task bar, with a new console window opened up, (this wont display any info, only with a connected Null Modem cable connected, thats later)
5: after you click next go to your Dbox2 unplug it from the wall, wait 2 or 3 sec then plug it back in, if all is well you should see the LCD reading FLASHING once it reads FINISHED unplug your box from the wall...
dont plug it back in yet.
6: Go to your PC and stop IFA or else when you plug back in your dbox2 it will start the flashing process again and we dont want that.
7: after the program stops go to your dbox and start it up,
If the system starts up then you know its all worked well
channel scan and see what happens , if you recieve a Kien system error of some kind on the lcd or the screen stays black, chances are that your image is crap, go source another and follow the steps bellow...
Kien system msg (cant remember at this point in time what the error is spelled like somthing along those lines anyway)
Get your self a Null Modem cable, not goin to need any network setup for this, hook it up to the serial port of the dbox2, other end to your port on your pc, i use a Shuttle based pc so never had any problems with serial..
once its hooked up get IFA ready with your Good image, select the cable to flash with and press next, this will output information to the console window which has just poped up, plug in your dbox to the power, if all is good the flashing msg will appear adn bobs your unlce wait for it to finish and unplug from power, go to pc and stop IFA
