Firmware upgrade using Linux tool, requires no hardware

[Chief Blur Buster]

I have to go back to work now but one question, the power button now was orange instead of green is that normal

Make sure you exit the burn-in mode. Bring up the menu (one of the buttons brings up the "burn in" menu) and then change burn in from "On" to "Off"

[pipomolo42]

hey guys, I'm happy it worked using my old laptop from 2002. good thing I hadn't recycled that old piece yet

I have to go back to work now but one question, the power button now was orange instead of green is that normal , maybe because of the vga cable used??

Hey! Glad to hear you solved your issue!

As Chief said, you are in Burn In mode. In my case, to exit from it, I had to let the screen go to sleep (disconnecting all inputs), and then followed the on-screen instructions (pressed Menu + Power at the same time, iirc).

[pipomolo42]

My current PC's Graphics Card doesn't even have a VGA output but I have an older laptop, Toshiba Sattellite with radeon graphics and an Intel Centrino processor and the necessary VGA output, would this do the job? Can I start installing Ubuntu onto this computer and do the flashing?

Only one way to know for sure: you'll have to try. You can boot from the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS image, and install the i2c-tools package, as I explained in an earlier post in this thread.

[RustinSpencerCohle]

I have to go back to work now but one question, the power button now was orange instead of green is that normal

Make sure you exit the burn-in mode. Bring up the menu (one of the buttons brings up the "burn in" menu) and then change burn in from "On" to "Off"

i'm at work now, will be gone home soon, so, let the upgrade work throuhg, then the burn in mode was present, but then (i dont know why) lubuntu activated the screen or automatically showed it because it was connected and it just showed the normal desktop duplication.

i then looked in the flashing manual (with the hardware tool) description and found only the info "If your upgrade went successfully, your monitor will begin flashing solid colors in a burn-in test. To turn this off, turn off this mode by press the ENTER button and then RIGHT button on your Z-Series monitor to turn off burn-in mode." i did not exactly know by heart which buttons it where andpushed the on off button and the other second to right button beside, but that was probably wrong, should have been the second to last (from left) and the one to it's left?

nothing happened and then i turned the screen and everything off and got to work, the menu was openening like normal with the buttons, only thing the led was yellow instead of green.

so do i have to go in some kind of service menu or have i automatically left burn in mode when it showed the lubuntu desktop?

/forget it: i think i exited it somehow. now how i enter the service menu the way provided with the 2nd button from the left holding and then tapping on/off while still holding the other button doesn't do anything?!

[ziConiCz]

My current PC's Graphics Card doesn't even have a VGA output but I have an older laptop, Toshiba Sattellite with radeon graphics and an Intel Centrino processor and the necessary VGA output, would this do the job? Can I start installing Ubuntu onto this computer and do the flashing?

Only one way to know for sure: you'll have to try. You can boot from the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS image, and install the i2c-tools package, as I explained in an earlier post in this thread.

First of all thank you for your reply. The i2c tools package are within the links in your post and are meant to be run on the command line of the ubuntu 14.04 computer am I correct?

(Sorry for the amount of questions, I'm not really on this branch of computer technology)

[pipomolo42]

The i2c tools package are within the links in your post and are meant to be run on the command line of the ubuntu 14.04 computer am I correct?

It's a tiny bit more complex: http://forums.blurbusters.com/viewtopic ... 5882#p5882

[RustinSpencerCohle]

I did the update. but I cannot access service menu. I hold the second (from the left) button and briefly press the on button (2411z): then the screen starts without ben-q eycare logo. but there is a) no menu and b) the only reaction i get from the buttons then is either nothing or the input selection keys.

ps: i tried it with all buttons..

edit after 2 days (just to not further fill this thread with off topic info )

http://forums.blurbusters.com/viewtopic ... 5969#p5969 --> how to enter service menu on 2411z

[Mouzuone]

It's the third button to the left.

[Q83Ia7ta]

Will be great if someone will modify firmware which disables input limit of refresh rate.
To get something like this: http://forums.blurbusters.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=48

[lol37]

that's an hardware modding, not software.