DIY Build ISP Questions [Build your own upgrader dongle!]

[jubaz]

Hey Jubaz,

Is there anyway you could take some detailed pictures of what the DIY do it yourself looks like, I am very interested in making one myself.
Thanks

Hi there SuperSlug.

I think the pdf scheme is very easy to follow, anyhow here is a picture of mine,
remember this was soldered together in 20 min. So its not pretty. Your only gonna use this once.
http://goo.gl/3TvI6x

Remember to follow the pdf guide, Flash with monitor powered on into standby. (important)

On my first flash I had the monitor still connected to my main pc via DVI and powered on while flashing.
This first flash succeeded with a Green PASS, but did not flash the monitor.
On my second flash, I only connected the VGA (flash) cable to my old laptop (with LPT port) in standby mode.
And this flash worked fine.

NB. How I got out of the "Burn in mode" at the end of the flash, I am not sure of.
I think mine did when I connected my main pc via DVI again.

hope this helps you.



Regards Jubaz

[LogicElite]

Hey Jubaz,

NB. How I got out of the "Burn in mode" at the end of the flash, I am not sure of.
I think mine did when I connected my main pc via DVI again.


Regards Jubaz

I unplugged the dvi cable to get the burnin screen (bg changing color) and press the power + menu to get rid of this.

[pnum]

I was able to build the gadget out of spare parts and was able to flash my monitor to v2

[Chief Blur Buster]

I was able to build the gadget out of spare parts and was able to flash my monitor to v2

Excellent news!

Please feel free to add your experiences with the Strobe Utility too!
If you are a LightBoost user on other monitors, how does your Zseries V2 compare now?

[lebowsky]

Very easy to make the cable yourself, I just cut up, and used a printer cable and a vga cable, with the few components in between.

Regards Jubaz

hi,

I'm going to order the 2411z and try the diy flash. Do you have recommendations for the components used? The Manual says "of any type" but there are several npn 2scs; which values have yours, jubaz? Or does it really not matter?

[pnum]

i think with the low voltage and current here it doesn't matter. i used 2n2222 transistors and 1k ohm resistors for my adapter

[dippadui]

i have managed to flash my xl2411z with diy isp...everything seems ok f/w is (v002-20131209) and utility works ,more testing advices
ps. mr blurbuster is awesome.

[Chief Blur Buster]

i have managed to flash my xl2411z with diy isp...everything seems ok f/w is (v002-20131209) and utility works ,more testing advices
ps. mr blurbuster is awesome.

Glad to hear you successfully flashed your XL2411Z!

How's Blur Busters Strobe Utility working out for you?

[jubaz]

Very easy to make the cable yourself, I just cut up, and used a printer cable and a vga cable, with the few components in between.

Regards Jubaz

hi,

I'm going to order the 2411z and try the diy flash. Do you have recommendations for the components used? The Manual says "of any type" but there are several npn 2scs; which values have yours, jubaz? Or does it really not matter?

Hi lebowsky

I used 2x BC548B NPN transistors and 2x 100 Ohm resistors.

Regards jubaz

[dippadui]

i have managed to flash my xl2411z with diy isp...everything seems ok f/w is (v002-20131209) and utility works ,more testing advices
ps. mr blurbuster is awesome.

Glad to hear you successfully flashed your XL2411Z!

How's Blur Busters Strobe Utility working out for you?

its about 2hours when i flashed it...it was so exiting that i had to go and buy a pizza.
i will do more testing with utility but so war it seems that ufo test, there is no more ghost,have to play with it so i can get best settings.
do you have any setting + testing recommendations? thx.