On Wednesday 05 February 2003 05:01 pm, Joseph Carter wrote:
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:
: The only way to hack the TiVo series 2 involves reflashing the EEPROM,
: which is soldered to the motherboard and not software flashable.
: Socketing this chip would let you toss it in an EEPROM programmer, but
: requires SMT soldering skills (obviously I can't do that.) Another
: suggestion was that a debugging socket be employed if such exists. The
: idea is that you have an inverted socket connected to a normal one. You
: just cut the CS line to the existing chip and plunk this thing down with a
: new EEPROM, modified not to check the kernel. Then you modify the
: kernel's initrd not to check the filesystem and you're good to go, until
: the next software revision.
Hmm... Ive done lots of soldering... I find the SMT to be a lot easier than
"through-hole" type soldering... I bet you can do it... providing you have a
big enough magnifying lense :) Putting on the socket for a plcc is fairly
difficult with hand tools (unless you have access to a hot air soldering
tool... then its a bit easier)
Jamie
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