d8b stuck on boot

[Bruce Graham]

Thanks Peter;

I will contact the mothership and see if they will give me the code to unlock it. I can not get the one in the hack list to work!

Cheers
Bruce

[raggirays]

"OS 5.1 LOADED and mixer up. Now my issue is keeping the Auth Code... which REBOOT sequence is correct? I power down the mixer and OS keep me asking the code."

Raggirays: Read this thread. That should solve the 5.1 issue.

viewtopic.php?nomobile=1&f=2&t=1634

mmm, I read all the thread (nice!) and I used the "hack1" with my D8B, I replaced the "control.asc" file and used the License numbers in Hack1 folder but OS keep asking auth code, I guess that the mainboard battery gone wrong couldn't keep settings.
Extreme ways... I could downgrade to OS 3.0, with USB floppy emulator is very easy
Daniele Raggi

[FrankH]

Or....you could change the battery. It is really simple to do.

http://www.sonido-7.com/d8b/files/D8B_B ... cement.pdf

After doing that, you'll need to reset the BIOS. If you have an old MB:

http://www.sonido-7.com/d8b/files/d8b_old_mb_bios.pdf

If you have a new one:

http://www.sonido-7.com/d8b/files/hdr_a ... b_bios.pdf

Monkeys can do this (explaining how I managed).

Munk's crack should work, as quite a number of folks have had success with it on this forum.

[raggirays]

You're right FrankH but when I cleaned and rebuild the PC-BOX I found the battery holder completely rusted and damaged since years. I replaced the battery onlu, no luck. I carefully desoldered the battery holder and replaced with another one (from another PC board...) and no luck again.
I guess some contact missing (or false contact) inside MB (it's a "new" one DFI-xxx... with Celeron CPU)