skinerd 510 mod help

[ice9393]

Skinerd I have been reading about how to mod a 510 dvr. The problem I am having is that most of the information is in bits and peases here and there. I saw one of you post that says there is a how to in the file section. I can not find it there. Do you have a step by step how to guide you would be willing to share. I am sorry I forgot to tell you what I am doing. I have a 510 that has a sw04 card in it and I am wonting to marry my rom 102 to it. I would like to use privat information if possible. thank you

[Crazy1_79]

look for the sticky about the R44 vidmod in the forums. do a search. you will also have to jtag it, and jumper oj1. search for r44 vimod, and oj1 and you will find what you need

[josh67]

you first got to vid mod r44 is one way never done that one i used 4 wire 2 cut and jump oj1 was not to bad . but i cruped my tsop and thangs went to hell after that . all i can tell you is read read and read some more no one will spoon feed you here but they will help you when you get stuck skinerd it the man he helped me without him i would not have fixed mine read and good luck josh67

[Crazy1_79]

with the r44 and top side jtag points no need to remove the board anymore. skinerd walked me through it one night and I was half drunk and had it done in 10 minutes. then you just jumper a wire across where r44 was. r44 is 0 ohms anyway if i remember right

[ice9393]

When I try to read the box keys with jkeys I get box keys all FF's and the ird number is R-0 000000001-96 . The build config, model and software are right. This receiver came with a sw04 card and I can put it in the receiver turn receiver on and get the free channels. What I dont understand is if the box jeys and the receiver number are messed up they why does the sw04 card work . Help please very confused.

[Crazy1_79]

do you have the right version of jkeys? is it seeing it as a 508 or 510 (they are the same except for harddrive size)

[chep]

Go down in the popup box and select 508/510 instead of the 501.

[skinerd]

After the mod is comleted, I have a sticky on how to marry a 102 to it w/o having to remary the drive....read that , very simple to do.

[ice9393]

what version of jkeys should I be using? The jkeys I am using only has 501/5100 for a option.

[ice9393]

That is what is was. My version of jkeys was wrong.

[ice9393]

Ok I finally got the information off the receiver. I used gen-dt08 3.3 loaded the receiver bin and saved the original sk keys and applied them to my clean rom 102 image. I added tiers checked receiver date on card and applied my blocker. Guide is white like the channels should work but when you go to a channel all you get is nag 005 not authorized. Took card back out opened it and the keys where right both sets. Put blocker back on and still 005 nag. Any ideas.

[skinerd]

Needs more than just one set of keys now, make sure all patches are up to date.

[ice9393]

Well I figured out where I went wrong in gen-dt08, so I fixed that. I was in the middle of erasing u7 so I could put the new modded flash on it and the power blinked. Now it wont erase. when it tries to erase it runs for a few min. then it comes back and sayes "flash operation completed with incorrect data read back" then I click ok on that and it says "error detected erasing flash". Is there any hope for this box? I need a little help please.

[skinerd]

Well I figured out where I went wrong in gen-dt08, so I fixed that. I was in the middle of erasing u7 so I could put the new modded flash on it and the power blinked. Now it wont erase. when it tries to erase it runs for a few min. then it comes back and sayes "flash operation completed with incorrect data read back" then I click ok on that and it says "error detected erasing flash". Is there any hope for this box? I need a little help please.


I am assuming u have OJ1 jumped, if not, do that.

If it is jumped, unplug the receiver for 30 mins or so and try again.

[ice9393]

Skinerd I waited 1hr and no go. It still will not erase or program. I do have the oj1 jumpered. Any ideas? Does the harddrive needed to be plugged in or does it matter?

[skinerd]

Skinerd I waited 1hr and no go. It still will not erase or program. I do have the oj1 jumpered. Any ideas? Does the harddrive needed to be plugged in or does it matter?
Try again tomorow, no hard drive in or out for jtagging no matter.

[ice9393]

Skinard is there any other thing I can try or is it dead? It is a 323gt chip.

[skinerd]

What vid mod method did you employ?

The R44 method is safest, but the switch is only to power U7 pin 14 while erasing or reflashing, must be off all other times, including changing to any page in jkeys.

[ice9393]

R44 is the vid mod I used. I start jkeys. Then I have to select 510. Everything is all FF's . I go into flash edit it shows the option to select u6 or u7. I select u7, then I turn on the vid mod and press erase it starts erasing then that is when it gives the error. The error is in my last couple of post. I am really lost. How do you tell if the chip is dead?

[skinerd]

Be certain that with the mod switch on you have 12volts going to the pad closest to U7.
Best place to get the 12v is from the power supply header.

[ice9393]

that is where I am getting the 12 volts from.

[skinerd]

that is where I am getting the 12 volts from.

Ok, be sure the switch is good and actually applies 12v to the pad closest to U7 when turned on.

[ice9393]

Skinard I actually soldierd a wire to the pin on u7 just to make sure that it was there. I can read 3.2-3.3 volts on that pin with my meter, vid mod off. When I turn vid on 12 constant volts. How do you tell if the chip is dead?

[Workmen]

The failure you get on an erase is usually signs of bad or hung tsop. The u6 and u7 tsops are in parallel for jtagging so when you erase u7 it also erases u6. Also these tsops are not erased by jkeys they are told by jkeys to erase and then jkeys checks status bits to find out if erase was done.

Yours failed so Skinerd told you to turn it off and wait. I suspect he did so hoping the failed erase circuit may reset which it appears hasn't happened! You need to erase u6 several times then try to erase u7. If this doesn't work try erasing u7 sector by sector thru out the entire tsop then try a full erase. If that doesn't do it then do the same on u6 then try u7 full erase. Last resort is changing U7! Then u6 if u7 change doesn't help!

[skinerd]

I had a friend try and jtag his 510 that I set up for vod mod and jtag, he failed, all he would get is bad responses like you have, I had him send it back to me.
When I got it I had no trouble at all erasing or reflashing it. So maybe the time it was off, about 3 days, allowed a reset, I don't know, but I had -0- problems.

[ice9393]

Thanks for the help skinard. It all went to hell. Now I get ird(dcu peek error). Oj1 grounded jtag grounded. When it rains it pores. I tried to edit the jtag def file no go . I never have been able to edit that file right. It shows the dreaded all FFFFF.

[Workmen]

Thanks for the help skinard. It all went to hell. Now I get ird(dcu peek error). Oj1 grounded jtag grounded. When it rains it pores. I tried to edit the jtag def file no go . I never have been able to edit that file right. It shows the dreaded all FFFFF.

Jtag errors!

[skinerd]

Thanks for the help skinard. It all went to hell. Now I get ird(dcu peek error). Oj1 grounded jtag grounded. When it rains it pores. I tried to edit the jtag def file no go . I never have been able to edit that file right. It shows the dreaded all FFFFF.

I agree with Workmen, check your jtag connection, U have sumting wong...

Editing the def file is seldom needed, and only needed when wrong flash codes are returned, then you edit it to accept the wrong codes to get u back in.

[ice9393]

That is what I am getting now wrong flash codes.

[skinerd]

You might try the Wall trick, open wall, but dont do anything, then open jkeys....
sometimes wall will get the receivers attention and jkeys will take over.

[skinerd]

Also, make double sure the r44 switch is working, 12v to U7 when mod on, 3.2 when mod off, I have seen bad switches cause he problems you are experiencing.