Originally posted by eoin_b:

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Its ok i left it pluged in for a few mins and it came on sorry

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main thing is it working ok mine seems to roll with the cable company i did mine last night didnt plug it in till this morning and was on when i plugged it in this morning

Originally posted by eoin_b:

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lads some1 gave me there starvie* to update its a clone but when i plugged it in not even a light will come on.Does any1 no wat might b wrong r does this happen to the clones that they just stop workin

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Did you turn it on with the switch at the back ?

The only other way it wont come on if it was updated with the wrong firmw@re

Originally posted by axxxo:

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funmonkey its just not picking up the com port, go to computer, right click, select manage, go to device manager, click the + on com lpt, you should then see your lead connected, right click on your lead, properties, advanced, then assign it to com 1 or 2 whichever is free.

ashman, same may apply to you

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hello afterdawn i have done two clone starview boxes with cryptstar core 257 and both have died no power at all please if someone can tell me whats happening and any way of bringing them back

Originally posted by joeywalsh:

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hello afterdawn i have done two clone starview boxes with cryptstar core 257 and both have died no power at all please if someone can tell me whats happening and any way of bringing them back

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are you sure it's definitely 2.57 and did you let the download complete pop up come up?

yes did every thing right they were working grand for a few weeks and then just died .just taught id let yous guys know incase it happens to yous .is there any way of retriving them.thanks

Originally posted by joeywalsh:

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yes did every thing right they were working grand for a few weeks and then just died .just taught id let yous guys know incase it happens to yous .is there any way of retriving them.thanks

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when you went to menu and info on it was it 2.57. people have said it's 2.57 but it's actually 4.00. i think someone from nthell was pretending so they could kill some boxes. you were tricked. you'll need a jtag kit to revive them.

where did you download them?

it was the crypt star one every one is saying is fine.I downloaded it to a removable disc.I am in dublin city centre is there a shop i an buy the jtag kit from and how does it work. Thanks

Originally posted by joeywalsh:

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it was the crypt star one every one is saying is fine.I downloaded it to a removable disc.I am in dublin city centre is there a shop i an buy the jtag kit from and how does it work. Thanks

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i can give you a link: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/531363

you might need to buy one off fleabay but i heared you can make your own. not sure how.

ah thank you your very good,if you here how to make it please post us thanks again

iv'e sent you a pm joey

Originally posted by joeywalsh:

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ah thank you your very good,if you here how to make it please post us thanks again

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here but it looks confusing: http://dishnewbies.com/jtag.shtml

can someone pls help me with firmware for starview clone

Originally posted by sekondi:

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can someone pls help me with firmware for starview clone

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If you have a null modem cable and want to flash it get gtrom 4.00 and crypstar core 2.57 from the link below

hi guys , i have a starview clone and it was flashed with the new recommended firmware fix about 3 weeks ago and it worked fine up 2 yesterday as its is now stuck in the menu even after its powered off from the mains , would a channel dump and a re-flash work or is it now my new doorstop ? regards alan

Try a factory reset and rescan first.

i'll give it a go 2mor as its now time 4 d bed and keep up the good work , cheers

hi all,

just reflashed my brother in laws "the box" got all the information, flash and software from the afterdawn forums. thanks to everyone who contributed !!!

now i am looking at the wifes friends starview box.

its a clone 18 x 7 vents. scart plugs on right (when you look at box from the back)

i know i have the correct null modem cable,
i know the com port is correctly configured,
(i only just finished using them to flash the bil's box.)

i tried gtrom v4.351005
i tried gtrom v4.0
i even tried gt super v7.05

the problem is the box doesn't talk to the p.c.

i select the port and browse to the software
(i want to put the 2.57 on then the cryotstar update for autoroll)
i click download and the progress bar appears at 0%
it stays at 0% for a couple minutes then flashes the message
"flash update fail"
i tried this again with the box on standby but same result

when i switch the box off at the back or unplug it for a while and try again i am getting exactly the same symptoms.

note :-

when i switch it on initially the bar flashes 4 places across the led
then
it comes up -70 briefly
then on briefly
then 0087 (i think this is the channel)
when i press standby 12.00 comes on the led

does anyone have any ideas what could be wrong? is it a bad flash? is there any way to recover this thing or is it for filing under b for bin?

any suggestions at all followed letter for letter

thanks again

mark ..

Sounds like a bad flash as you have an SV1 clone and have used the wrong firmware. Use Cryptstar257 with Gtromloader V4.00 and use the bad flash method http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/531363#3215755

It should be gtrom 4.00. Keep trying to flash it with that. I flashed a box for my friend yesterday and it took a couple of times before the box would take it. Its working fine now so just persevere

Just said that :)

Sorry mate, id just finished typing then realised that u had already posted. At least he now knows for sure as two people have told him :)

I was joking the more the merrier Ken ;)

Originally posted by sc0user:

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Sounds like a bad flash as you have an SV1 clone and have used the wrong firmware. Use Cryptstar257 with Gtromloader V4.00 and use the bad flash method http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view....3215755

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thanks scouser i knew i could rely on this site for suggestions....

here goes

If you have a bad flash, switch it off then on at the back & make sure its on standby.
Then Flash as normal. This also applies to flashing (up & downloading) the channel data file.
If for some reason you cannot flash and have set and checked everything else such as ports and connections,
then you should switch off at the back wait a moment then on again. Then try to flash again.

tried this several times with gtrom v4.0 and cryptstar v1.4 core257

no joy !!


Connect the box to the pc with your cable but switch it off at the back. Load the correct
firmware bin file into GTRom & set it to the correct com port, and select App file only then hit Download.
Only then switch on at the back to power on the box. It may take a few sec. so wait at least 30 sec.
(If it doesn't work 1st time try also waiting a couple of sec. to switch on after pressing download in the loader.) It may take more than 1 try to work, but eventually you'll see the loader kick in and the % bar increase. You won't see the % on the Starview though. Only green lines moving left to right. Towards the end of the flash you'll see a message in GTRom saying FLASH BURNING. Then it will reach 100% and wait for the download complete pop up box to appear & the box will reboot back to factory setup. You will have lost any channel data previously on the box & will need to rescan & switch on EMU and set the box up from scratch.

again tried several times with gtrom v4.0 and cryptstar

again no joy !!

heres a thought ... should i throw this thing at the spanner who asked me to look at it for them then kick the wife out of my house for having such irritating friens ??? lol


or can you guys think of somehting else to try?

thanks again for your efforts

mark ..