Problems as a newbie installing new firmware

[jinkyjim]

Hi folks
I am a newbie struggling to upload the new firmware to my starview cloned box. I am using my laptop and a combination of the 2 cables listed below.
A USB -> 9pin male serial cable
A 9pin female serial -> 9pin female serial

I am using GTRom v4.00 to upload the firmware CryptStar-v1.5-Core257 clone safe.bin.

However the upload bar remains on 0% and never moves.
Any ideas folks what is wrong. Is it a software problem or bad cable configuration (maybe too long).

I hope you guys can help me resolve the problem.
Cheers in advance.

Jim

[camelv]

cable

sounds like a cable problem m8, are you sure its a null modem cable

[ericlowry1]

Cable problem

Hi folks
I am a newbie struggling to upload the new firmware to my starview cloned box. I am using my laptop and a combination of the 2 cables listed below.
A USB -> 9pin male serial cable
A 9pin female serial -> 9pin female serial

I am using GTRom v4.00 to upload the firmware CryptStar-v1.5-Core257 clone safe.bin.

However the upload bar remains on 0% and never moves.
Any ideas folks what is wrong. Is it a software problem or bad cable configuration (maybe too long).

I hope you guys can help me resolve the problem.
Cheers in advance.

Jim

Hi Jim,

Eric the Viking here i would say it wont work using USB to 232 convertor from your Laptop,try from standard base PC direct to box using Null lead (232 9pin Lead)and i would say to will work,try this.Hope i helped the viking Out

[bongbardier]

having exactly the same problem im using the same cable method and have been told it should work but no joy ,download percentage bar stays at zero any help would be much appriciated

[bongbardier]

am using vista followed advice and am getting this message [This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device]
so gessing ive got a problem with driver software i'll try and reinstall it thanks for advice