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iamwatt wrote:

flamethrower wrote:i can leave the 707 and 708 points bridged after the flash yeah?

yea, you can leave them bridged although you didn't have to bridge the 708 points, only the 707. also did you flash it yet? and if so, how'd you flash it without the CK3?

hi thanks for the reply

no not flashed it yet.. I do have the ck3... just not here at work, its at home...so when i get in at 5 i can do it after my friend soldered the points for me

yea
all that is right

you can leave them soldered
and
you did not have to solder the 708 point but it will be fine like that.

ok one more question!!

this is the rs232 cable i have.. does it have the right ends on it?



thankyou, i love you all!

yea
that is what you need
as long as it is not a cross over cable.
you should be good to go.

i literally cannot thankyou enough, you, others and this website have been a superb help and i salute you!

i hope to be able to confirm a good lite on flash in about 3hrs!

ok problem number 1 of the evening!

as i pressed Y to continue i got an error

DVD Key Invaid!

then the reading fails

could this be I am using the wrong com port?

I am just about to try with com2

It's most likely the port. Have you ever flashed this drive before? If not I would just verify that you are using the right port. Are you using JF or iPrep?

could be the com port or the 707 points may not be bridge correctly. . . i've got that error before, and it was for both reasons. once i wasn't using the right com port and all the other times i just wasn't bridging completely. . .

hi

no this is the 1st time i have done this drive. i am using iprep088

just tried with com2, same error

after the DVD-key is invalid error i get

file not found - key bin
file not found
file not found - dummy.bin
file not found

You had the bridge soldered together right?

yes my friend bridged 707 and 708 earlier on today, it looked fine to me ?

ah man i knew i was in for another night of hell!

Boot to windows and load iPerp again to make sure that you're hooked up to the right port. I know my pc list 3 or 4 ports, and I end up usually writing the port number and the port address down. If nothing else you could try using JF.

flamethrower wrote:ah man i knew i was in for another night of hell!

lol! na, you just probably missing one step, once you figure it out it'll sail smoothly. . . if the bridge is correct then it's the com port. did you verify the port?

ok yes i will do that, thanks

this is the same port/card/pc that i used to flash a benq, so i know the pc is ok.. just these things always seem to cause me problems!

I prefer JF, just because it actually shows you what you're connected to and allows you a full gui interface which for most of us windows babies that's exactly what we need.