DM800S BOOTING PROBLEM

[king03j]

also tried this guys Gemini-4.5-BL72-dreamboxclones.co.cc and exactly the same, the red led flashes about ten times before the image screen goes off the the boot screen freezes, sorry to be a pian but your help is appreciated!

[Superman]

Hi Mate,
Try just installing the bootloader, then try reinstalling a image, maybe this will work, also is it just showing "Dream Multimedia" on LCd at front, and is it clone or original?

Thanks

[king03j]

hi mate, its a clone and yes shows dream multimedia, booting... but the loading bar below that only moves a couple of mil before stopping.

I've tried BL69, 70 & 72, can you suggest a link please?

[kevin64]

here you go i just upload dreambox enforce for you try this out its dreamup but with sweet and sour sauce made in china for clone boxs in the file is a walk though useing this software will take a 60 mins to flash your box
Digital Kaos - Downloads - dreambox enforcer

[king03j]

thanks mate, just up-loading flash loader now

[Superman]

It sounds like a bad connection to me if you tried all differnt softwares on it, try this, sounds really silly, take the tuner out and try it?

Thanks

[king03j]

i'll try that shorty supersatshop, kevin with this dreambox enforcer is there a quick way to flash as dreamup normally takes 61 mins!

[Superman]

If your dreamup is working dreambox enforcer is no use, all dreambox enforcer does is allow you to flash a image when you normally cant, ie the box is not saying its connected

[king03j]

ahh ok, well everything flashes fine, no probs with dreamup or browser flash, i had 2 of these from the same supplier and the one i did first works fine!

[kevin64]

no qiuck way with dreamup sorry

[Superman]

With dreamup there is a quick way, just enable network, it then flashs though FTP.

Try the tuner thing mate, i know some guys box wouldnt boot and it was due to the tuner.

Thanks

[king03j]

just trying to get the thing out now mate, first time!

[Superman]

It should be plug & Play but i know they are a bit of a bugger at times, they slide off to the right, if your looking from the back of the box.

[kevin64]

Ialso read about removing tuner and the box boots but its not a tuner problem because people have replaced tuner and the same thing happens this is the last post on this in another froum
Hi PMRS,

You are correct, anyone with our problem will get their box to boot every time, as long as the tuner is removed!

In my opinion, part of the boot process must involve some sort of POST (power on, self test) process, where it checks for associated hardware. For some reason, our tuners are failing the test, so it stops the box booting. If you remove the tuner, it can't check it, so it carries on booting. It must use the tuner driver (bcm7401.ko) installed by the image, and make a decision based on what the driver reports.

Of course, this is all pure guesswork. We need someone with a bit of knowledge to help us!

Regards,
GAH

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[king03j]

doesnt look promising then guys!

This tuner certainly isn't one that looks like it slides out, seems to be bolted in!