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@davidm71 , you have to open service menu , viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2467 .
@Falkentyne , isnt cheap at all that MSTar.

davidm71 wrote:Hey Falkentyne,

Small world. Usually see you at the Overclock Gigabyte Z390 thread. Was wondering though how can I check what version firmware I have on my 2411Z monitor?

Thanks

Firmware version is shown at the top of the service menu.

Trying to install flashrom as in the instructions but I get host unreachable when i try to svn co flashrom.org...


Use a mirror instead?

Thanks

Edit: Also wondering when your about to flash the monitor does the monitor have to be turned on or off??

Thanks again

Looks like it bricked:

alibrating delay loop... OK.
Info: Will try to use device /dev/i2c-1 and address 0x49.
Info: WILL reset the device at the end.
Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L1605A/MX25L1606E" (2048 kB, SPI) on mstarddc_spi.
Reading old flash chip contents... done.
Erasing and writing flash chip... Error sending write command: errno 6.
spi_nbyte_program failed during command execution at address 0x0
Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase function.
Error sending write command: errno 6.
spi_nbyte_program failed during command execution at address 0x0
Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase function.
Error sending write command: errno 6.
spi_nbyte_program failed during command execution at address 0x0
Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase function.
Error sending write command: errno 6.
spi_nbyte_program failed during command execution at address 0x0
Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase function.
Error sending write command: errno 6.
spi_nbyte_program failed during command execution at address 0x0
Looking for another erase function.
No usable erase functions left.



sudo i2cdetect 1
WARNING! This program can confuse your I2C bus, cause data loss and worse!
I will probe file /dev/i2c-1.
I will probe address range 0x03-0x77.
Continue? [Y/n] y
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f
00: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
10: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
20: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
30: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
40: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 49 -- -- -- -- -- --
50: 50 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 59 -- -- -- -- -- --
60: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
70: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop/flashrom$ sudo i2cdump -r 0-127 1 0x50
No size specified (using byte-data access)
WARNING! This program can confuse your I2C bus, cause data loss and worse!
I will probe file /dev/i2c-1, address 0x50, mode byte
Probe range limited to 0x00-0x7f.
Continue? [Y/n] y
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 0123456789abcdef
00: 00 ff ff ff ff ff ff 00 09 d1 30 7f 45 54 00 00 ........??0?ET..
10: 0b 18 01 03 0e 35 1e 78 2e 9d e1 a6 54 54 9f 26 ?????5?x.???TT?&
20: 0d 50 54 a5 6b 80 d1 c0 45 7c 61 7c 81 80 81 bc ?PT?k???E|a|????
30: 95 3c 31 7c 01 01 02 3a 80 18 71 38 2d 40 58 2c ?<1|???:??q8-@X,
40: 45 00 13 2a 21 00 00 1e 00 00 00 ff 00 33 33 45 E.?*!..?.....33E
50: 30 36 32 39 32 53 4c 30 0a 20 00 00 00 fd 00 18 06292SL0? ...?.?
60: 78 0f 87 15 00 0a 20 20 20 20 20 20 00 00 00 fc x???.? ...?
70: 00 42 65 6e 51 20 58 4c 32 34 31 31 5a 0a 00 ce .BenQ XL2411Z?.?
ubuntu@ubuntu:~/Desktop/flashrom$ sudo ./flashrom -p mstarddc_spi:dev=/dev/i2c-1:49
flashrom v0.9.7- on Linux 4.15.0-29-generic (x86_64)
flashrom is free software, get the source code at http://www.flashrom.org

Calibrating delay loop... OK.
Info: Will try to use device /dev/i2c-1 and address 0x49.
Info: WILL reset the device at the end.
Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L1605" (2048 kB, SPI) on mstarddc_spi.
Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L1605A/MX25L1606E" (2048 kB, SPI) on mstarddc_spi.
Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L1605D/MX25L1608D/MX25L1673E" (2048 kB, SPI) on mstarddc_spi.
Multiple flash chip definitions match the detected chip(s): "MX25L1605", "MX25L1605A/MX25L1606E", "MX25L1605D/MX25L1608D/MX25L1673E"
Please specify which chip definition to use with the -c <chipname> option.

I know you guys probably have busy lives but can someone please help me?

Anyone know latest version of flashrom that is patched for mstar? Have a working cooy to share?

Thanks

Anyone have one of those mstar ISP adapters to sell or lend out?

Thanks

davidm71 wrote:Anyone have one of those mstar ISP adapters to sell or lend out?

Thanks

ISP device is still available here.
https://www.yoycart.com/Product/5278188 ... ment_tool/

The RT809F works also (could never get HDMI mode working....it detects something but won't read what it finds) in VGA mode (if you google the english language of the software)

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/MStar-De ... 98089.html

Could this tool be any good ?
The price is better then 60+$

beatvr wrote:https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/MStar-De ... 98089.html

Could this tool be any good ?
The price is better then 60+$

I read its not recommended. I actually have a CH341A black usb programmer with soic cable i'll use as last resort to flash this thing back to health. Thing is my monitor has three flash chips. Wonder why three and which to flash?