4900 wont take update

[wonderboy297]

erased sa30 ,the lite flashes off and on for hours but does not update.tried four different tsops and all do the same. i even tried a direct hookup to one sat still the same.line is ok as my fta works ok. tsop lock off.
erase tsop--write new tsop ---write new eeprom--erase sa30 --install in line and wait - wait ????????????any help much appreciated

[lightning0009]

4900 can be a pain to update. I've had better luck putting a virgin card in them and checking switch to help with the updating. I've also just junkyard fixed them to force an update.

[wonderboy297]

i bypassed the switch and hooked direct to the sat. it wont do check switch with sa30 erase

[lightning0009]

Ok, junkyard fix is what I would try. Connect SB39 and sb40 together and plug in receiver to power and keep sb39 and sb40 connected for about 3 seconds then unconnect them and just leave the receiver on and hooked up to the dish and it takes about 20 minutes of black screen with the light on before it is done downloading the software from the datastream.

[wonderboy297]

ok. i will give that a try if i cant find any other way .going to leave it over night and see what happens

[mopar611]

Write new tsop to receiver. Then write virgin eeprom.. Then hook up to sat.

Did you edit your downloaded tsop file build config. to match yours??

Mopar

[wonderboy297]

i just found my original tsop so i put it on and its flashing so will see if it updates .yes i put same builds on .hope the orig works.

[fubr]

I did the same with a 301.010 all it did was flash for a long time then reboot.
Instead of writing a new tsop I read in another thread that somebody got thiers to update by sticking in a newer card. I tried a rom 10to102 then a 102 rev 103 and still no go.
Just for the hell of it I stuck in a avr-x and 5 minutes was updated.?

I think If I had of stuck in a current rev 102 it would have done the same.
When it wass flashing it was slow flashes when It was updating it flashed faster and shorter. FYI