failed to flash

Thank you DESB, I need the lads in the white overalls meself after the few days.

 

What com port is your software set to?

What port is your com really at?

 

Also, what is on the box at the moment?

Does it power up?

Does it display anything on tv?

Does it display anything on the display on the box?

 

have u tried doing it on a normal pc i tried for days on my laptop with the same results did it on a friends pc and it worked first time

 

SLIM19198;; the ports are set at 3 and 4. I have checked this by right cliCking on computer going to properties and hardware. I alternated between the two over and over.

 

Chorai, cant be 2 ports at once, it will be either 3 or 4!!!!

Are you using a usb com port?

 

Slim19198;; I use one at at a time. its a usb port, I switched both of them on, at first was using port 3 constentlly.

 

MOH23;; sorry about late reply as I only reponded outside three minutes been a nb, will try the normal pc, if I can find one , its all laptops around here.

 

im trying to flash the starview 1 but the stb model is not showing up on the gt rom anyone any idea why

 

Thanks to all that helped, I'm quite shattered with having no solution to the problem and the long long hours, yet learned alot from the advice you all gave. Maybe tomorrow when refreshed after a nights sleep.
Good luck to you all and merry season greetings.
Thanks again.
Chorai.

 

You are now getting very frustrated, and I can quite understand that, but I have to say again that your problem is with that damn USB Adaptor. So do yourself a favour and go and seek a friend, aquaintance or anybody with a standalone PC with the correct 9 pin serial port, and you will have it done no problem, save you a lot of headache, so think who might have one, not everyone uses laptops.

 

i have the same problem and have a =stand alone pc done everything that has been said still says flash failed

 

If you have a standalone PC with the 9 pin serial port on, and you are just using the one NULL MODEM from PC to Box, and it is not flashing, then you have got to have the incorrect cable. There are two cables and one is a straight through serial cable, they look identical, that is the only thing I can say as regards that, so you need to check it out. Because if you can not flash with a setup like that, then you are never going to flash.

 

thnks far all the help but how have i been able to flash my other box no problem useing same setup

 

MALCI; on the ball, stand alone first time
Cheers.

 

I was having huge problems with the serial-usb connection. I have a prolific serial convertor. I had loaded the driver to a vista machine and tried to download the new firmware for the original starview. I got flash failed all the time. I got my hands on an XP machine and downloaded the driver from the net. Hey presto it worked. I think some of the drivers for vista are a bit dodgy try finding a newer version of a driver on the net. Download and rescan. Thanks DesB for the files. I am now frustration free!

 

DESB: As mirmccar thank you for advice,,, if anything I'm keeping updates thanks to you, and mirmccar, no truer words. I'm finding a afew side steps to this problem, yours been one. The direct route been xp/98 on a stand alone all but.

ps,
DSEB; supplier {iwantabox)did supple a true null cable.

 

Yep, good one!!! pleased for you, as said, if you can, get rid of the headache.

 

After updating 10 boxes last weekend and updating my 2 sv boxes over the past 12 months i attempt to do a the box super today (done 2 of them alst weekend) and getting the failed to flash message. Tried another laptop, manually changing post settings ect. Going to have to try and mates pc for a direct serial connection, but it doesnt make sence to think it was working perfectly last weekend, tried a new cable also and to no avail