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<blockquote data-quote="nobbly" data-source="post: 9038" data-attributes="member: 175033">[font size=&quot;1&quot; color=&quot;#FF0000&quot;]LAST EDITED ON 02-Nov-00 AT 03:12 PM (GMT)[/font][p][font size=&quot;1&quot; color=&quot;#FF0000&quot;]LAST EDITED ON 02-Nov-00 AT 03:07 PM (GMT)[/font]Since my last message I've found this extract below from another sat. forum .&quot;After extensive research *** can now confirm that the recent &quot;5 volt&quot; ECMs from Seca broadcasters are in fact nothing more than slightly modified regular ECM's which are being carried out at randomly frequent intervals. The ECM searches for the official serial numbers contained within official cards' software and if a serial number is not found, as is the case with most if not all pirate cards, the card is then deactivated through a process which either wipes part of, or all of the pirate cards eeprom. We have been notified that no cards are being destroyed. The new process is fully capable when activated on an official Mediaguard receiver, i.e. it affects all cards including manual update ones, although commercial card suppliers are now offering software fixes for this. Aston CAM users are only being hit with the effects when gold cards which use auto updating software are being used. Again, we have been reliably informed that a non-commercial patch is now available in beta form, which, according to developers, will hopefully cure the problem&quot;Hope this info is usefulP.s. I have a mm9800 + aston 1.3 and I can still use an autoupdate card.So the answer for the moment seems to be buy a new reciever with a Aston cam or try to find the patch for the pic/eprom hex.Even so it's not sure that in the future C+ will find a way to do the same to Aston cams as well</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nobbly, post: 9038, member: 175033"] [font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 02-Nov-00 AT 03:12 PM (GMT)[/font][p][font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON 02-Nov-00 AT 03:07 PM (GMT)[/font] Since my last message I've found this extract below from another sat. forum . "After extensive research *** can now confirm that the recent "5 volt" ECMs from Seca broadcasters are in fact nothing more than slightly modified regular ECM's which are being carried out at randomly frequent intervals. The ECM searches for the official serial numbers contained within official cards' software and if a serial number is not found, as is the case with most if not all pirate cards, the card is then deactivated through a process which either wipes part of, or all of the pirate cards eeprom. We have been notified that no cards are being destroyed. The new process is fully capable when activated on an official Mediaguard receiver, i.e. it affects all cards including manual update ones, although commercial card suppliers are now offering software fixes for this. Aston CAM users are only being hit with the effects when gold cards which use auto updating software are being used. Again, we have been reliably informed that a non-commercial patch is now available in beta form, which, according to developers, will hopefully cure the problem" Hope this info is useful P.s. I have a mm9800 + aston 1.3 and I can still use an autoupdate card. So the answer for the moment seems to be buy a new reciever with a Aston cam or try to find the patch for the pic/eprom hex. Even so it's not sure that in the future C+ will find a way to do the same to Aston cams as well [/QUOTE]

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