Eurovox2, silver box with 2 scarts.

[Saltire]

you think i should try turning the port header round on the motherboard, it fits both ways but looks like the correct way just now, on the board it has 9 pins and on the connector it has ten holes, but when ya look very closley you can see which end has the 10th wire missing, so thats why i have it on like that if you know what i mean, it made sense, but iam still wondering if i should just maybe try it round the other way, BUT, AND ITS A BIG BUT, i dont know if those type of things carry any voltage that would harm the motherboard if it was wrong way round ???

[Saltire]

heres what vista says about the usb to serial cable>>>> see attachment.

[smirnoff_rules]

no idea m8 .. does it show a serial port in device manager ?

[Saltire]

yes i have com port 1 in there just as it usually is, tried changing the com number to 2,3,4,, etc etc, still no good..

This is my motherboard >>> http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?f...=1&cat2_no=170

[Saltire]

tell me this, does it matter if the eurovox is on standby or on with the clock displayed ?? standy shows the clock, on shows 0000. i cleared data before i tried the first time earlier today etc, just incase iam missing summit really stupid here, never know , , its been yearsssss since i last flashed this box man.

[smirnoff_rules]

theres no reason for it not to work then ? ld try it the other way around ,, but thats up to u m8

[Saltire]

theres no reason for it not to work then ? ld try it the other way around ,, but thats up to u m8

ok tried that too, turned it round etc, nuffin, so i just put it back the way it looks to me its meant to be.

So lets see now, thats me not been able to do modems (hyperterminal typed gibberish text), eurovox2, dreambox or nuffin on this pc, brand new pc too , good one at that, vista all loaded etc,, ive now also bought a serial to usb cable (doesnt work) and now even a serial port that plugs direct into the motherboard (doesnt work).

I think thers summit not right here, , even the tech guys in the place i bought it from are baffled too, hmmmmmmmmmmm

[Saltire]

heres another pic, see attachment >>>

(and thats with the cable or the port, same thing happens)

[Saltire]

listen, iam still playing with this daft thing, can someone try and remember back, wasnt there a way to turn on the emu or summit on the eurovox2, i cant remember man, its been so many years, i think its a code you enter in and press this n that button etc ?

[Saltire]

listen, iam still playing with this daft thing, can someone try and remember back, wasnt there a way to turn on the emu or summit on the eurovox2, i cant remember man, its been so many years, i think its a code you enter in and press this n that button etc ?

i worked out how to turn on the emu with the help of a good mate, so forget that last question, anyways, the pesky thing still aint going, ive emailed msi (motherboard manufacturer) to see if theres a fix for using serial header etc in windows vista, so i dunno, all i know is iam pissed off with it all man sittin here all day n nite like a tajjer, .

[Saltire]

ohh well, day 2 and still havent figure out how to get this serial port or cables working, emailed poxy Msi and got no response from them either, i ferkin give up man

[smirnoff_rules]

this is wot l did m8 .. l have an old serial to usb converter and do as this post .. didnt need any drivers http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums...11&postcount=3 might be an option

[Saltire]

this is wot l did m8 .. l have an old serial to usb converter and do as this post .. didnt need any drivers http://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums...11&postcount=3 might be an option

Hi smirnoff, i think ive effectivley done what your on about in that link mate, I.E - ive got a usb to serial cable, and ive also got a serial port installed and i have the rs232 cable, so ive tried attaching one to the other and the other to the box and vice versa etc, hope you understand what iam meaning, but i think thats just the same as doing what you done in that link remembering that you dont have a serial port where'as i do allbeit i dont even know if its working , this is a nightmare man , never had such a hard time doing stuff like this man, things usually either work straight away or with a little tinkering, doesnt look like it in this case

[smirnoff_rules]

looks like u need to borrow a lads lappy or pc with xp on then . dont know m8 . the flashing the easy part

[Saltire]

looks like u need to borrow a lads lappy or pc with xp on then . dont know m8 . the flashing the easy part

yea i know, thats not a problem, i have an xp computer all setup upstairs and it has a serial port etc and flash's the box's just fine , but its this pesky thing iam trying to get going, this new pc that had no serial port and windows vista.

Iam being honest, i think the problem may be with poxy vista/the hardware and drivers maybe, thats what i think, dunno though