Hi, I have a s11 that sticks on boot and gives no display, a quick search on digital-kaos suggests next step would be flash the box which is something I have never done. So I look on eBay for a cable and see that most are male to male so I thought I would check the box only to find it takes a female, but then I came up against a bigger problem no laptop in my house has a rs232 socket, what do I do?
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you need to buy one of these; called null modem to usb will cost you a few quid
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make friends with somebody that has an old pc.
most usb adapters don't work with the openbox loader.
In most cases an old pc is cheaper than the usb converter.Comment
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If most of the cables you found were Male to Male then you were searching for the wrong cable.
It has been emphasized over & over again that the cable needs to be a null modem cable and not a straightforward serial cable. If you search for these on Ebay you will find that the vast majority are female to female.Comment
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OK, thanks for the help I have just found an old laptop in the cupboard with a rs232 socket but it is old I.e. 550mhz processor and 128k ram is this up to the job?Comment
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Yes mate that will do fine
just might take a bit longer but it will do the job
all the answers you will need is in this thread....Recover Dead Skybox/Openbox Flash Using Serial RS232 Null modem Cable
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