clone duo with no display

[Bumsrus]

guys am i going mad or just being very stupid. Trying to set up my duo by firstly flashing a vix image however , no messages appears on the display of my box. Come to think of it, i have not seen any writing on the display screen on the original pre loaded black hole image. Have i been sold a bad clone?

[dell_xps]

Probably a ribbon cable that come loose m8, sure someone mentioned to open box up and check all connections as they tend to
sometimes come not correctly fitted.
HTH

[cactikid]

yes i think digicon opens up all his boxes and rechecks his ribbons are secure as a lot of boxes get rough handling and is a common thing to unseat.

[lincsat]

May be that one or more of the pins have come off the board, they are not soldered very well. If you are careful you can re-solder them.

[cactikid]

pins come off the board?that somehow does not give you faith in that product.

[digicon]

Potrobber also opens his up to check all connections, I have noticed on some also that the display is a little lopsided sometimes and just needs a little gentle persuasion to get straight, Apart from that as soon as you boot up the Duo it should display Starting... in the screen

[potrobber]

i check every box now after finding a few with loose cable connections and most displays need a little push back up to get them to sit in the correct position

[lincsat]

pins come off the board?that somehow does not give you faith in that product.

Exactly, that is why I took the decision not to stock clone Duo's

[Bumsrus]

This clone is becoming the bane of my existence.

Checked the connectors internally and rebooted still nothing. Left it overnight unplugged and then bingo the display started to work. tried flashing boot and seemed to work as display asked me to unplug usb and reboot, then tried flashing vix image and display got stuck on "reading usb" for 15 minutes.

so i am now left with a shiny black box with a red l.e.d which does flicker when pressing buttons on remote but will not start up. iv tried flashing from usb port at the back but still no luck. Randomly the box starts to work if i leave it unplugged for a few hours, however can still not get past flashing an image.

[dell_xps]

Try a different usb stick m8, have you installed skype yet ?
If so pm yer name, cheers.

[cactikid]

i tried 3 usb sticks all faulty,maybe try another,has the box got the new kernel,if not and the new vix image is loaded it may brick.

[potrobber]

does this box have the v2 sticker on it or have you updated the kernel,as cactikid has said latest vix will as he says be no good for your box if update not done

[Bumsrus]

Yes had the v2 sticker so didn't need to update the kernel . Will go to the shops now and buy a new USB stick and give that a try

[RuberDuck]

even if it is a V2 it wont hurt to re-flash the v3 bootloader just to be safe.

[potrobber]

was blackhole image not on your box when it came and did you have it working with bh image before you tried to flash it?