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dm-500 not responding

Discussion in 'Digital TV - UK & Europe' started by jvob, Jun 6, 2011.

  1. jvob

    jvob Regular member

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    hi guys.have flashed dm500 using dream-up several times.not working although it says box flashed successfully.still frozen on green light.any help appreciated,thanks.
     
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    Your image might be corrupted, try loading the same image downloaded from somewhere else.
     
  3. jvob

    jvob Regular member

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    will do,thanks
     
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    dub12dave Regular member

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    jvob can you post back if it works please as it may help others.
     
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    you say you have flashed several times before reflashing the dm500s did you erase the current image ,that box has a very small memory and so really is not capable of storing several flashes one on top of the other without the box having a problem .

    i recommend you perform a flash erase ,you do this with dreamup . connect the box to the pc as normal and open dreamup ,look just above where you see flash and you should see flash erase (click on it to erase the current image ,it only takes a few seconds )if you have flashed multiple times without performing a flash erase i suggest you click on flash erase for each of the times you flashed .then flash the box as normal ,let us know how it goes .
     
  6. jvob

    jvob Regular member

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    thanks for reply.tried that,still no luck.i think image is ok because i used it recently on friends box.i dont have a clue what to do next,thanks
     
  7. jvob

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    hi,guys.any ideas
     
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    hi,guys.any ideas
     
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    jvob,ask your friend for his box back and create a backup useing dreamup.open up dreamup and you will see the backup button once you have connected and switched the power to on.now you have the backup you can flash the box with this image but dont forget to do what piopat say,s{perform a flash erase a couple of times}again as dub12 said let us know what happened.
     
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    hi there.tried what you said,no luck.if you can think of anything else please let me know.thanks for help anyway.
     
  11. jken

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    buy another one m8 its looking like its fxxked . clone piece of shxxe had the same prob with a few . the luck of the draw when you buy them
     
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    jvob,jken might be right,but maybe fintann or piopat may have other ideas.give it a day or two and hopefully they will respond.best of luck mate.
     
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    need to jtag the box. never, ever had a dreambox that failed. however have had to jtag a couple. in this case its exact symptoms. search youtube jtag dm500 for further info
     
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    i agree with fintann even clones rarely fail ,even with a fixed green light on boxes ive had a flash erase followed by a reflash sorted them .but once in a blue moon a box can fail and need a jtag ,you will get instructions online .
     
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    and funny that this thread should arise but I currently have my upstairs dm500 showing a green light and not responding. so now have to locate my null modem cable. know i put it away in a safe place but fecked if i know where that safe place is! what a twit
     
  16. jvob

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    hope you have better luck than me,haha
     
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    will update you, have a new null modem cable in the post so will let you know when it arrives what happens
     
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    jvob,you could change the AC adapter that might be the problem i had 2 adapers pack in the last year,i took the AC unit off and run a cable straight into the box and had the same symtoms as yourself when i turned the telly on the Darkstar 2 image was on the screen the box would not respond to the remote, might be worth checking out the ac unit.
     
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    hi there.tried what you said,no luck.if you can think of anything else please let me know.thanks for help anyway.[/quote]
    If it's clone DM500, put it away in a press. Crowd in Dublin are selling them 50-60 euro.
    Would be cheaper than bottle of valium. When you have time to kill ressurect box & try to
    flash, even use diff version of Dream-up(1.3.2.1). I don't think Dream-up version is your problem, as box is accepting flash. Think I saw on diff forum about flashing from box to
    box with null-modem. Pio or fint might know
     
  20. fintannl

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    well had two boxes not responding but with the correct version of pli all fine now. so its most likely your version of dreamup
     

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