Openbox S9 HD Rebooting

[kopernikus]

Having reverted to the August f/w I am still having problems with sly HD rebooting the box ~ Once it starts the only way to access the box is to disconnect the LNB ~ having done that I can restart the box and access every every satellite & prog but sly HD ~ Hooley suggested removing all the offending sly progs ~ does this mean that I cannot use this box for sly HD programs ???

 

[hooley]

Is it every Sly hd channel? Most people were having problems with one of the sports channel. Sly sports news hd was making my box reboot so i deleted it and replaced it with a different scan of the same channel. You know the way you get two or three different versions of the same channel, if that makes sense. lol

 

[kopernikus]

Is it every Sly hd channel? Most people were having problems with one of the sports channel. Sly sports news hd was making my box reboot so i deleted it and replaced it with a different scan of the same channel. You know the way you get two or three different versions of the same channel, if that makes sense. lol

It started with s*y spts 1HD which I deleted then its was with s*y spts 1 SD & other s*y spts channels all of which I have now deleted ~ Tried restarting after connecting up LNB and now the box is stuck with "On" on the box display and nothing ~ Help !

 

[ste03]

the box is stuck with "On" on the box display and nothing ~ Help !

you'll have to flash it with a null modem cable mate using this software:

download here

and then flash with this firmware:

download here

 

[kopernikus]

Connected up with NM Cable, com1, Sync'ed, choice of 8 or 9 options, picked the top one, flashed, box still says "on" now I cannot sync to it at all !. Back to square one. Is there a mini tutorial for this fix or am I being a bit stupid. I have flashed lots of cable and sat boxes in the past but this one leaves me a feeling a bit like a noobie ~ help

 

[hooley]

Connected up with NM Cable, com1, Sync'ed, choice of 8 or 9 options, picked the top one, flashed, box still says "on" now I cannot sync to it at all !. Back to square one. Is there a mini tutorial for this fix or am I being a bit stupid. I have flashed lots of cable and sat boxes in the past but this one leaves me a feeling a bit like a noobie ~ help

you have a pm

 

[ste03]

you managed 2 sort it??

 

[hooley]

you managed 2 sort it??

Great minds think alike. Was just about to ask the same thing.

 

[kopernikus]

you managed 2 sort it??

No! not yet ~ I ran the program once, managed to sync the first time then was offered a number of options ~ I picked the first one ~ It seemed OK but the problem is still there and I now cannot communicate with the box using com1
I will keep at it, but I think it might be bricked

 

[ste03]

try turning it off clicking sync then turning it back on

 

[kopernikus]

Tried 2 PCs with com ports and cannot sync the box with null serial cable ~ tried also with laptop through USB serial adaptor ~ No Luck ~ I'm a bit pissed off with it at the moment so I think I will sleep on it and try again tomorrow. Thanks again Guys !!!!

 

[ams3521]

Might seem a silly question but one that i think is worth asking.

Are you sure your using a null modem cable and not a serial cable as they both look exactly alike but are two completely different cables.

i had the same problem as you last week but fixed it with a null modem cable no problem

 

[kopernikus]

It is definitely a null serial cable, I made it myself and have flashed Starview boxes with it in the past. Basically I cannot get the box to sync.
Tried another PC and my lappy with a USB/serial adaptor but no luck.
Hooley had suggested a different fix which I tried with same result.
Apart from the word "on" the box is as dead as a dodo. With serial devices the PC usually has "found new device" but I'm getting nothing at all.
I have asked the supplier for a return code as I think it's bricked.
Thanks to all the guys for your help !

 

[ams3521]

mine was exactly the same.

I used the null modem cable and the 'upgrade_PVR800 HD Tool' uploader.

with the box switched off run the uploader.

Just selected the default com 1 port, load up the latest .abs upgrade dump and click next, then straight away turn the openbox on.

A progress bar appears and the dump uploads then you get the prompt to write the flash, job done.

That worked for me.

 

[ams3521]

Ahh, the loader i used was a newer version than the one posted in this thread.

try this.. and run EromUpgrade.exe in the 'upgrade_PVR800 HD Tool' directory.

 

[kopernikus]

I tried the upgrade PVR800HD last night. When I run the tool & select the eromclient.abs it comes up "wrong file" and aborts. Tried different com ports and another PC. Same result "wrong file"

 

[ams3521]

you don't use that file, use the latest firmware update for the openbox or any hds2_cmt.abs file you have to hand.

 

[kopernikus]

I unpacked the box again this morning for one final try.

Thanks to ams3521 for the ultimate clue to as to what I was doing wrong! Because the Upgrade program defaults to the eromclient.abs file, stupid me thought that it was the upgrade file !
I tried the latest firmware first but got a file read error several times. So I tried the August firmware and after much power button flicking I got the loading screen and then the flash burning screen, and BINGO !!!! The box is back in action ~ Many thanks to ams3521, ste03, Hooley and all the DW guys for your help ~ I must write everything down for next time it happens.:banana::Clap:

 

[ste03]

Great news mate

 

[bittihuduga1]

kopenikus - please put down a tutorial on what u did. it will help others