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mrblue
8th December, 2012, 11:18 PM
Has anyone been able to change v2 chip on the duo to a v3, think they can be bought for a few dollars from china if you have the skills to solder it on...

cactikid
8th December, 2012, 11:28 PM
would you risk it to brick the box completely?could the rest of the box be overpowered?

mdt
9th December, 2012, 01:00 AM
i wouldnt attempt it unless really skilled in electronics repair. the boxs run fine on the earlier kernel/driver based images and unless the image update is absolutley needed i wouldnt bother personally,regards mdt

digicon
9th December, 2012, 01:43 AM
your gonna need some serious soldering skills to attempt this.

mrblue
9th December, 2012, 09:20 PM
Ive done a bit of pcb soldering in the past, not an expert by any means.

But will wait and see if anyone makes a go of it...

Has anyone got the vu+ solo and duo VIX 3 image with old drivers...

cactikid
9th December, 2012, 09:42 PM
did i not read you have to do a full flash install as it was all rewritten.?

reddishd
20th December, 2012, 03:23 AM
I am sure that you will not get away with just replacing the v2 chip for a 3 as the memory wright speed is faster on the v3 so that is 2 more chips to replace.
Hope you have a microscope and a very steady hand.

Good look!

mdt
20th December, 2012, 03:22 PM
ive fixed a few boxs with a bit of soldering but i wouldnt attempt doing whats required. imho its a farse from the ferrari team and they should be ashamed,regards mdt

septicsmurf
20th December, 2012, 03:49 PM
No to mention that they don't actually do anything as yet.
Still waiting for the update which will allow v3 boxes to use the latest images. Ferrari team are sh**

sakiblateef
20th December, 2012, 05:20 PM
It's not worth upgrading to version 3 at the moment. My cousin brought one and the tune failed issue is more frequent. Stick with version 2, it is a bit more stable.