DREAMBOX dm500s problem flash

[vasilism13]

hello my friends i had a dm500s with pli.
the box stopeed boot and i tried to flash it with null cable and dream up.THe problem is that when i upload an image (yes i tried the official) dream up has the opinion to select an erase flash or not.
if i press yes dream up gives me this :
ERROR, flash-erase failed, box will be unusable now!!
if i press no upload and flashing is ok but box cant boot,
stacks when i select the time, and makes a reboot.
i have watched-but cant see because it appears for a very litle time-an error message to my screen with a X symbol when tries to boot after time selection.
i have tried a diferent machine, a different ccable and the images: rl (oficial) , gemini , pli , nemesis.
erase.img gaves me this :Found no valid jffs2 in image, flash-erase not supported

any suggestion plz?
edit- sorry for my english!

[thaiguy]

I'm having similar problems as vasilism13.
tried erase.img and it gives me same message:
No valid jffs2, Flash-erase not supported.

Tried erase with DreamUp, but get lock-bit error.
Upload img without erase gives upload error.

All very frustrating. Have tried 3 versions of DreamUp and even tried a version of DreamUp for Linux.

All similar results. Anyone run into a problem like this?
TIA for any help

[wasaaye]

same here Im still waiting someone who can help us out...
tried evrything nothing FAIL FAIL FAIL

[Curious123]

Try the oldest version of Dreamup you can find and flash this to your box. After flashing the erase image you then need to flash your image of choice.

[vasilism13]

nothing, seems to be no fix for our boxes

[bubbles69]

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[vasilism13]

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nothink for me, thanks a lot!
any new idea?

[bubbles69]

so tell me what happens,

you push connect in dreamup up.
power box
do you get acknowledgement from box dm500?

do you get as far as flash erase ?

do you the flash full image 7.936mb?

[bigkev1012]

i can only get fta channels caan any n1 help me please

[vasilism13]

so tell me what happens,

you push connect in dreamup up.
power box
do you get acknowledgement from box dm500?

do you get as far as flash erase ?

do you the flash full image 7.936mb?

yes i am trying full image.
the box stucks every time near the end of the flash erasing status bar giving me the following error:ERROR, flash-erase failed, box will be unusable now!!

[Curious123]

nothink for me, thanks a lot!
any new idea?

What type of null modem cable are you using i.e does it have a USB connector? Try d/l and installing the original from DMM and then your preferred image.

http://www.dream-multimedia-tv.de/en/downloads

[bubbles69]

yes i am trying full image.
the box stucks every time near the end of the flash erasing status bar giving me the following error:ERROR, flash-erase failed, box will be unusable now!!

This normally happens if you don't manually flash erase before flash?

Are you flash erasing first?

[vasilism13]

What type of null modem cable are you using i.e does it have a USB connector? Try d/l and installing the original from DMM and then your preferred image.

Downloads | dream-multimedia-tv.de

i have tryed it!But i have the following problem
(see my next post)

[vasilism13]

This normally happens if you don't manually flash erase before flash?

Are you flash erasing first?

i have null cable modem of course.
if i dont flashing first when i upload an image dream up aske me if i want to perfome a flash erase or not.
if yes i got the problem flash erase failed.
if no flashed ok but box cant boot.
staucks to the language selection.
the dreambox is not a clone!

i have just watched the led became red when perfoming the flash erase.
and auto swiched on-of

[Curious123]

Has there been an image that has worked on the box and if so which was that? What was the last image you flashed on the box? Are you using a null modem cable with an USb connector at one end? What version of Windows are you using and is your firewall tured off? Have you tried the latest DreamUP and the oldest DreamUP?