Boot Flash Problem

[dcdon86]

Hi all,I hope someone can help! I loaded the latest firmware on my s4000hd last week, i was getting a lot of problems with the box hanging and freezing so i decided to go back to the .75 firmware,it dowloaded fine but it wont boot up now,it gets to boot flash and goes no further.I tried the aaf recovery tool but that didnt work,i am getting a bit worried now!!Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[reboot]

Use the serial loader(porter) to recover the firmware. You can find it here https://www.satpimps.co.uk/showthread.php?t=144965

[dcdon86]

Thanks for the reply,I tried porter express, i have the reciever connected to a pc running xp via serial cable but when I try to download i get the message "open port failed"

[ManikM]

have u selected the correct com port?

check device manager

[dcdon86]

I just checked it and its com 1 selected which is right. When i start porter i get the message "waiting for request,reset set top box",i then click download and it says "open port failed",I am starting to get more worried now!!!

[dcdon86]

Hi all,still no joy here,i have tried porter again and get the same messaage,i tried aaf again and thought it was loading the recovery image as it said it was but i left it for hours and it still didnt work.Any advice please?

[reboot]

Check your serial port settings in device manager.
I have mine set to the following:
bits per seconds 115200,
data bits 8,
Parity none,
stop bits 1,
flow control none.

I start porter load the firmware, select the com port and then press download.
It says "waiting for request,reset set top box", I then power up the S4000 and it says downloading. It takes many minutes but the progress is shown.

[dcdon86]

Thanks, i changed my settings to the same as yours but i still get the same. Receiver says "boot flash" and pc says"open port failed!"

[dcdon86]

Ok,still no luck with porter-same message!,i was playing around with the aaf recovery tool and somehow managed to set the "max bootdesc defaults"? I thought it was working and going to boot up but it didnt,now when i switch on the receiver it says "HDFreaks.cc,then ---flash---,then BOOTING, but nothing else happens,i dont know wheather i have made things worse or not all i know is that i am lost!!!!