Recover Dead Skybox/Openbox Flash Using Serial RS232 Null modem Cable

[seangraves]

hi to all got dead openbox ive red these instructions i still got problem with fw ie how do i find the right fw for my box to bring it back to life

[slugworth]

i've used the loader for years almost every day and never got that error unless it was with oddball firmware from another brand receiver.

[Chalkywhite]

Was the same firmware I used the first time with the usb port...

[slugworth]

downloaded the wrong firmware I guess

[Chalkywhite]

Hi ive found a old laptop with a rs port, downloaded the upgrade tool and the firmware but when i browse and add the firmware i get a message saying wrong file..?

[Hadron]

hi guys I have be given 1 of these openbox s11 from a friend which seem to be dead I have downloaded the upgrade pvr 800 in the first link but all it gives me is a bin file could you please advise

I have just tested that link again & it's working fine.

It should download a .zip file which unpacks to a folder within a folder containing eromclient.abs, EromUpgrade.exe, flashburn.ini, LZMA.EXE, sdram.ini.

If you are using Internet Explorer as your browser, try using Firefox. IE has a known problem with corrupting some compressed files.

[P&D]

hi guys I have be given 1 of these openbox s11 from a friend which seem to be dead I have downloaded the upgrade pvr 800 in the first link but all it gives me is a bin file could you please advise

If the box is dead ...then reads the pages in this thread....it will explain how to bring the box back to life....

[riley35]

hi guys I have be given 1 of these openbox s11 from a friend which seem to be dead I have downloaded the upgrade pvr 800 in the first link but all it gives me is a bin file could you please advise

[slugworth]

you must use openbox loader v2.0.0c and not some linux loader,since openbox isn't real linux.

[Chalkywhite]

yep tried it but does not work, looks like ive got a new door stop anyway

[slugworth]

that was bogus
it doesn't even work with a good openbox receiver.

[mtv1]

put the null modem cable in the lappy open dreamup ,,,,, dreamup i hear you say its a openbox not a dreambox

ah i tells you dreamup auto detects the comm port number that you lappy is using

so just use this in your open box proggy

http://www.dream-multimedia-tv.de/do...amUP133_11.zip <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<dreamup

[lestasmsc]

I had both my skybox F5 and openbox both bricked 9 days ago and couldn't get either of them working again until AJ sent me the recovery tools and I got a usb to serial lead from ebay then managed to get the openbox working first time via my laptop ..but it wouldn't work on the skybox again I seached for answers then last night in this forum I got a thread to another recovery tool program which looks the same as AJ's downloaded that and wallop used it on desktop computer via the serial lead only and that worked first time irony of it last week I smashed an openbox S10 that I'd had for over a year in the cupboard which had bricked the day after I got it when I put the channels list in the same problems now I wonder if that would have worked too. If someone tells me how to add a zip file to this thread I'll do or IM Me ..Thanks Digital Kaos and all who post

Can you please upload all these files so I can try revive my box. Thank you


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[P&D]

You won't have any luck with the usb...follow what Hadron say's above if you want to repair the box

[Chalkywhite]

I have tried using the 3 different coms and tried turning the box on at different stages but not having any luck.