Guide: Flashing a Dreambox with Dreamup

[dollant]

pre loaded dm

before flashing a dm800 you must know what sim and bootloader version your box is ,most newer clones are sim 2.01 bootloader 75 or 76 (BL75 OR BL76 ) newer boxes are ssl82 . so before flashing your box connect it up and power it up and see if it has an image (an image is the tv software ) if it has an image you can watch the free to air channels .

now to see what particular image you have power off the box (there is a switch at the rear of the box ) and power it back on ,now look at the tv screen and it should say the name of the image such as dreamelite or blackhole /or the GP (the gemini project) or pli etc (if the box has no image you will need to give the boxan image and this is called flashing the box .next you want to know what sim and bootloader version your box is ,so power off the box (via the switch ) and then power it back on and look at the little lcd screen at the front of the box and it will display certain info including the sim and bootloader versions of your box .

so simply put if the lcd display says your box is sim 2.01 and bootloader 76 (BL76) you need an image with the same sim and bootloader versions .if you cant find an image to suit your box before taking a chance and using the wrong image read as many threads as you can on this forum (to find an image ) or ask a senior member on this forum if they can point you to where you can download a suitable image for your box .

Is there any other way to find out what is the image and sim in my dm as I was given preloaded dm and suddenly has gone dead in the front oled and only the fan and ethernet light is working
thanks

[piopat]

you say you were given do you mean bought ? if you bought the box new and its not working its probably best to send it back to the supplier .

[axner8]

My laptop cannot link to my clone dreambox

Dear Devilfish,

I tried to connect my laptop to my dm but it is not connected. I waited for a long time also. Currently my DM cannot boot up it is just showing me a wallpaper of a car. Nothing is happening tried to unplug the power supply on and off but it's useless. My remote control also cannot off my DM nothing is working. My DM do not have a off button just a standby button.
Pls advice . I just bought it only from an aquaintance which I think cheated me.
I really hope you could provide me with the solution. I m base in SG.

[mtv1]

what type cable are u using null modem cable with usb adapters are not reliable try using a computer with a com port ,, also there are a lot of versions of dream up out there try the one on my siggy below good luck

[axner8]

Still cannot connect

Dear MTV1

I still cannot connect my laptop to my DM. It's seems my laptop cannot detect my DM. I m using rs232 to USB on my laptop.

[mtv1]

thought so you are going to have to find desk top with com port mate also i'll bet its most likely running vista

[axner8]

My DM is running on Linux

The last when I used my DM I check on the properties of the DM it shows it's running on Linux. Is there any software for it. Pls help.
Tks

[piopat]

Dear Devilfish,

I tried to connect my laptop to my dm but it is not connected. I waited for a long time also. Currently my DM cannot boot up it is just showing me a wallpaper of a car. Nothing is happening tried to unplug the power supply on and off but it's useless. My remote control also cannot off my DM nothing is working. My DM do not have a off button just a standby button.
Pls advice . I just bought it only from an aquaintance which I think cheated me.
I really hope you could provide me with the solution. I m base in SG.

can you say what your dreambox is is it a dm500s or what version it is ,you understand the more info we have the more help we can give .

[piopat]

Dear MTV1

I still cannot connect my laptop to my DM. It's seems my laptop cannot detect my DM. I m using rs232 to USB on my laptop.

if your using a usb to serial cable connected to a null modem cable you need a driver ,a driver is software which either comes on a disk with the usb to serial cabe or you have to go online and download it . to put it simply the driver software helps your pc see your dreambox ,without the driver your pc cant see your dreambox.also as mtv says make sure you have the correct version of dreamup ,some say dreamup is universal (the neweset versions maybe )but not the older versions .

[axner8]

I don't know wat exact model is my Clone DM

It's already frozen how can I find out pls advice. My frozen page is showing a wallpaper of a robotic looking car.
Pls pls help me

[axner8]

I just found out my DM is from china it's a OEM Dm500 for Singapore. Can anyone pls help me which software to install to link my laptop to my DM and reboot it. Currently it's frozen. Jus showing a wallpaper of a concept car from Pugeaut.

[Bulld0g]

I just found out my DM is from china it's a OEM Dm500 for Singapore. Can anyone pls help me which software to install to link my laptop to my DM and reboot it. Currently it's frozen. Jus showing a wallpaper of a concept car from Pugeaut.

Use Dreamup to flash your new image with if that's what you mean. http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums...dreamup-42950/

[sdLeo]

I have box (DVB 500) which says the tool to be used is DVBup .I think this ia OEM or duplicate from China. If this is same as DM500? any ideas? .


I was just playing around with the communication setup when it suddenly crashed and failed to boot . my bad.
Nothing is coming up on the screen i.e. it is not booting . There is a green LED on the box . so i think it is a good sign.
after reading through the post i feel i need to reflash the image.
should i use Dreamup to reflash the image ? which version of Dreamup should i use?
If Dreamup downloads the relevant image automatically when it detects the version of the box? if not, then which image should be flashed and where I can find this image.?

help me please

[piopat]

I have box (DVB 500) which says the tool to be used is DVBup .I think this ia OEM or duplicate from China. If this is same as DM500? any ideas? .


I was just playing around with the communication setup when it suddenly crashed and failed to boot . my bad.
Nothing is coming up on the screen i.e. it is not booting . There is a green LED on the box . so i think it is a good sign.
after reading through the post i feel i need to reflash the image.
should i use Dreamup to reflash the image ? which version of Dreamup should i use?
If Dreamup downloads the relevant image automatically when it detects the version of the box? if not, then which image should be flashed and where I can find this image.?

help me please

some times images fail because they are in some way corrupt ,so the best thing to do is change the image . you can download the correct version of dreamup from the last link of my signature area (i marked it for use with a dm500s ) also you can download an image from the same link the image is called nabilo maxvar v8 .

[sdLeo]

some times images fail because they are in some way corrupt ,so the best thing to do is change the image . you can download the correct version of dreamup from the last link of my signature area (i marked it for use with a dm500s ) also you can download an image from the same link the image is called nabilo maxvar v8 .

Hi mate,

If dreamup is on dreamboxtool.com or any any other link in your signature? Sorry , for the dumb question.