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HW_TestGraphics Conexant Aquila Lite w/ MacroVision version 2 solid red, hit key solid green, hit key solid blue, hit key solid white, hit key solid black, hit key Showing video blue field, hit key Showing color bars, hit key Showing flicker filter color bars, hit key disable video out, hit key Memory test from 0xf0000000 to 0xf01e0000 level 10 passed. Displaying video test pattern. Press any key to continue. Enter an RGB value to fill screen with or return to exit this is my msntv model: MSNTV Bootrom log - BoxID: 1670 2097 3439 7460 2749 Bootrom 1.10159 MACID: 00-10-95-f7-46-98 Our IP address: Our net mask: Gateway: Primary DNS: Secondary DNS: Server hash value: Main phone number: 18668056278 HTTP port: 80 ROM data from 0xfff00000 to 0x00000000. ROM MD5: 6dd3406af49e6c173f87561e91729ecb crc 266866996 DRAM Heap from 0x00a00000 to 0x03700000. Frame buffer at 0xf0000000 (640 x 480) stride = 1024 RTC time (0x3F04DA54) 7/ 4/2003 01:37:24 Bootrom preference data Prefs 'V' is 5 bytes Version: '1' Build: '10159' Prefs 'S' is 1 bytes Prefs 'M' is 6 bytes MAC ID 00-10-95-F7-46-98 Prefs 'T' is 4 bytes Prefs file created (m/d/y): 07/04/2003 00:00 End of Prefs file dump as you can see, the Build of my MsnTV is different and this make me think that address of video test function has been changed. Where i can find the info for the flash process? i wanna debug this, anybody can make me any suggestion on this subject? i put the bios binary file for my device in http://rapidshare.de/files/17328141/msntv_bios_1.10159_european.bin.html Thanks for your attention, Elektroduende Back to top Guest PostPosted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 5:59 pm Post subject: Reply with quote hello, I looked at your photos... and your board seems different too... it has a pci slot, a ps2, a ram slot, and another thing next to the audio out... did your solder this in? or did it came like this? is this a msntv2? ot a thompson ip100(?) board? did you get this in europe? or in the us? Back to top elektroduende Guest PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 6:42 am Post subject: RE: Reply with quote hi, is a thompson ip100. all components came with the default device and i don't known where buy it my company (is an european company). it was for a abandoned project and my company left me it for play Smile Back to top fer2 Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 2 PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:01 pm Post subject: Re: RE: Reply with quote elektroduende wrote: hi, is a thompson ip100. all components came with the default device and i don't known where buy it my company (is an european company). it was for a abandoned project and my company left me it for play Smile That's nice. But, if it's a thompson ip100, how can it be that in the logs, it claims to be a msntv? When you power it on, if it's connected to a tv, what happens? Do you get a picture? Is the output in PAL? or NTSC. Does it boot just like a "regular" msntv2, or does it have a custom software? Do you have any documentation/SDK for it? (mostly regarding bios, schematics, etc). Also, can you provide high resolution photos of the top and bottom layer? (I would like to look in dettail to the differences) thanks. ps: update your profile to enable PM. I would like to contact you. Back to top View user's profile Send private message elektroduende Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 1 PostPosted: Fri Apr 07, 2006 7:08 pm Post subject: Reply with quote hi, i don't known the reason for this configuration, is a abandoned project, but i try to investigate this issue next monday Smile i have any documentation Sad (i suspire for it) the box only has WinCE installed. the box is in my office i can upload more images next monday. if you wanna contact with me can use one of this IM users (msn) pepitogrillo_135@hotmail.com (yahoo) elektroduende_katodiko (jabber) enver@jabberes.org Smile Back to top View user's profile Send private message iduno Joined: 26 Feb 2006 Posts: 13 PostPosted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 12:29 am Post subject: Reply with quote Can you please tell me what the code is for the IC pointed out in this picture for your box: http://members.iinet.net.au/~egould/pics/msntv/mb.jpg Its the IC between the S-video port, and USB port. I need to know if its a CONEXANT ENCODER CX25873-13. This is the video IC so I'm trying to work out if I can get it to change to PAL as I am in Australia and the NTSC playback on my TV in my room goes past the borders of my screen. According to the datasheets that I have seen it will output 320x200 to 1024x768 in PAL and NTSC. Back to top View user's profile Send private message Display posts from previous: Post new topic Reply to topic toc2rta.com Forum Index -> Hardware All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: You can post new topics in this forum You can reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group