7020 (poss clone) looking very bricked! Will not boot after flash

[blueuk808]

Hi,

I mistakenly (in my hurry to look for a bargain) bought a cloned 7020Si. I've been playing with on and off for a few years now. Basically, the box will power on withe the Dreambox logo in the display, it then says "boot 35", then "dhcp... /flash/zimage.elf" then the lcd goes blank. In this time nothing is shown on the display.

I can connect the box using Dreamup and the null modem cable, I can flash the box, I can flash the 2nd stage bootloader and I can flash the image - always successful. But then everytime I run the box it just does the above.

I have also changed the power supply.

I'm thinking that the 1st stage boot loader must be ok if dreamup is working. The second stage is coming traight from dreamup - wondering if I need a really old version or something. Otherwise it's the image not playing with the box

has anyone got any thoughts?

Thanks in advance

 

[dig deep]

Think You are on the track mate

Try something very old. It should wake "her" up My 7020 is working like a "dream" really so just get it going !

 

[blueuk808]

Cheers Dig Deep - Yeah you were right - I got an gemini image about version 3.1 and it came back to life! Now to find a decent image for it that has a good Sly EPG - cheers for the reply!