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Sc0user 8882
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24. July 2009 @ 11:26 |
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Yes look down through the grills on the top of the box and if you see a square silver heatsink on the CPU its a clone.
Although some earlier genuine models are also been bricked :(
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patcun79
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24. July 2009 @ 11:48 |
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i dont know if they'll take it back because i cut the european plug off it and put a standard one on, i think its genuine, i'm not sure what the heatsink is but there are 3 black chips on the board, i think the heatsink is the largest one, if it isn't a clone, why would it have bricked? would it be the beta software?
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24. July 2009 @ 11:59 |
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The CPU is the big black chip in the middle of the motherboard. If it doesnt have a square metallic plate on it, then it doesnt have a heatsink.
8882 is usually caused by a bad flash or badly formatted HDD or mem stick. The Max232 will sort that. If you see a message come up saying this is an invalid box then the box is about to kill the bootloader.
Luckily this is not the case with your box ;)
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patcun79
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24. July 2009 @ 12:06 |
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so is it only the clone boxes that havethe heatsink, or is mine missing one? i'm thinking of trying to fix it myself instead of sending it back, if it works i'll flash it with different software, i used a brand new usb stick the last time with the beta file on it, so i think the file must be corrupt, i set one up last week using 1.10 with no problems.
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24. July 2009 @ 12:22 |
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Yes its the clones that have the heatsink as the processor is inferior on them and needs it to dissipate the heat.
If you are in Ireland you need to use the latest Beta firmware as 1.10 was not opening all the channels. If you are in the UK stick with 1.07.
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patcun79
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24. July 2009 @ 12:28 |
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im in northern ireland, the software i put on my other sv4 seems to be working ok, must've been 1.07, however my svpvr is missing a lot of channels, eurosport, fiveUS e4 among others, and some channels like mutv are under names like tv7702, software on them are cr4p, i'm sorry i didn't go for a sv4 originally, thanx for your help, your not bad for a scouser.
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24. July 2009 @ 12:46 |
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Thanks, especially for the end bit?? :)
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patcun79
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24. July 2009 @ 12:49 |
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that was the little red devil in me, thanx again, good thread
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24. July 2009 @ 12:49 |
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Now I remember you, cheers :)
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sm1thers
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25. July 2009 @ 07:24 |
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hey Scouser,
I have 2 sv4's.
One yesterday started saying invalid box. Then died. Nothing on the front leds. Power going into the back with the red light on in the back of it.
Any ideas?
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sm1thers
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26. July 2009 @ 14:36 |
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patcun79
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28. July 2009 @ 16:50 |
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got the max 232 cable. connected it, followed the instructions but every time i try to download the firmware i'm getting the messages 'init fail (2)' and 'something wrong with init', the only thing i can see that i'm doing wrong is i'm not setting the baudrate but i cant see where to do this, any ideas?
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sm1thers
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28. July 2009 @ 16:51 |
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sorry for bumping guys, anyone got any ideas?
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patcun79
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29. July 2009 @ 12:28 |
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got it sorted, the com port i was using wasnt working properly, i swapped ports and it worked first time
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sm1thers
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29. July 2009 @ 12:34 |
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Good news pat, do u think it would work for my problem?
what cable and jtag did u need?
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patcun79
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29. July 2009 @ 14:31 |
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i bought the same cable thats in your link, the software came on a disk with the cable
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patcun79
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29. July 2009 @ 14:39 |
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