Help with Dead Magician

[wiese_john]

Hello All,

It has been a while since my last post, but I need help once again.

My Magician has taken a turn for the worse. The power connector has broken off and I had it repaired by a great company.

My issue is now the device is coming up with multiple colors on the display (primarily Orange, Light Blue, and White) vertically). This is different from the color test where it is Red, Blue, Green.

When I attempt to load the ROM all I get are connection issues on the MaUpgradeUt. I am not positive I have gotten the device into the correct mode as the display is not working. Speaking of displays, the company that attempted to repair my device did try a new screen and experienced the same results. Also they placed the original screen on a new Magician and the screen worked great.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I would love to have my Magician back.

Thank you,
John

[oltp]

John,

Try maupgradeut_noid.exe from the ftp, instead of maupgradeut.exe. It may help. I don't advice you to run down the battery cause some are complaining that it won't charge without OS. BTW does the led come up constantly when you plug in the power or usb? If so you probably still got an OS.

Guess you know how to put it into bootloader, just try & hold for a second or 10 & connect usb & try to flash with the no_id. Must be difficult without confirmations on your screen, but a SD flash will be even harder.

Hope this helps, otherwise I see only one solution left: have it serviced again :-(

Regards, M

[wiese_john]

Thank you for the info.

I tried the new MaUpgradeUt_noID but now I am getting the error on the PC saying Error 150: ROM Upgrade Utility Error.

The device appears to be fully functional with the exception of the screen.

John

[oltp]

Did you ran the noid once or twice. It needs to be running twice, my guess is that in the first run it alters the RUU file (adds the first line devicecheck or something) & the second it really upgrades.

Was the screen problem present before you had the power-connector serviced? Maybe something is loose or broken now...

Cheers, M