If you knew what firmware it was running, your could use the technique people are using when they desire a specific firmware and it would not try to update. That said SD has said many times that this hardware is nonfunctional as a player.
-Chris On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Treserious <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I ended up with one of these myself. on craigslist, not ebay. > no I don't have the dude's email address, dealt with him over the > phone, and i didn't keep the number like an idiot. > > it is a brick, I can attest to that. > > opened it up to have a look inside to determine if there are any > differences, and the major difference i found was that instead of a > wireless mini pci card, there is a compact flash adapter with a 128 meg > CF card in it. > > removing that pci card made the -*"starting demo in..."*- message go > away, and made it look like it boots normally with the squeezebox > splash screen and all. > > I was able to set things up in regards to network settings and all that > using a Harmony remote, but as soon as it connects to the squeeze > center, and wants to update the firmware, it gacks. it stays stuck at > the -*"download complete. unplug ethernet to continue. this may take a > few minutes"*- > > it just stays there. > > I wonder if there is a way to get it up and going with some hardware > modification. > > > -- > Treserious > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Treserious's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=20551 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50211 > > _______________________________________________ > discuss mailing list > discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
