Advice Needed Dreambox Nightmare 2...

[blobbyknobby]

need a bit of help. A relative was given what looks like a clone DM500S. Im an electrical engineer by trade. The box upgraded its software when hooked to the internet. This has now somehow bricked the unit... Ive made a null modem cable and tried flashing with dreamup (various versions) the software asks to turn unit on, it says it recognises the dm500 then hangs there, other versions say initiating flash update, but hang also. What can I do without resorting to building a jtag cable?



How can I resurrect this box!!

 

[smoggy07]

Use an older version of Dreamup, use the next version down from the one you have now, if that doesn't work, try the next one down from that, and the next one down from that

Thats how I got it to work with my clone

 

[saj1985]

i had this problem once where no matter which dreamup i used,
the box was being acknowledged but it would just hang....

are you just using the null modem cable?

from what i can remember i used the null modem cable and an ethernet cable ,
i connected both null modem cable to com port and ethernet cable to the router at the same time,
i made sure i ticked 'Use Network' on dreamup and then had a go and it worked,
i kept the dreamup version that worked at the time on one of my backup hard drives,
the version that worked for me is 'DreamUP_1_3_3_4',
to be honest it was so long ago that i did this,
but from the top of my head im sure i did the above...

 

[blobbyknobby]

The box is powering on showing a green lite.. Thats it... connecting a ethernet cable doesnt register a ip in my router.
Wheres best to download software like dreamup, as the only place i can find require you to register then limit what you can download!!

Many thanks so far...

 

[saj1985]

The box is powering on showing a green lite.. Thats it... connecting a ethernet cable doesnt register a ip in my router.
Wheres best to download software like dreamup, as the only place i can find require you to register then limit what you can download!!

Many thanks so far...

as long as you have power going to the box when you use dreamup to flash the box,
at the same time as the null modem cable is connected from the box to the pc com port,
make sure you also connect an ethernet cable from your box to the router,
tick 'use network' and then try to flash as normal.
from the top of my head thats what worked for me,
when my STB was hanging when i was trying to flash it

 

[blobbyknobby]

As ive stated above... hooking up a ethernet cable produces no ip in the table.. this indicates the dreambox isnt asking for a dhcp lease.. so when i tick use network it ask for address which i cannot give...

 

[saj1985]

As ive stated above... hooking up a ethernet cable produces no ip in the table.. this indicates the dreambox isnt asking for a dhcp lease.. so when i tick use network it ask for address which i cannot give...

then im not too sure mate........good luck

 

[DishDick]

I use version 1.2.2,0. Always been successful for me.

 

[hairybadger]

I have zero direct experience with this, but I remember reading somewhere that a USB/serial convertor won't do the job - it has to be a "real" serial port on the PC.