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Is this normal for a bricked modem, or do I have a bad connection?
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I am doing a little bit of spring cleaning and decided I would fix a couple bricked modems now that I got my NT. Both of them became bricked the same way, by upgrading firmware via haxrware GUI and then having the connection cut out due to an issue with my former ethernet adapter.

My issue is that I can't detect both modems:

The first modem I was actually able to detect after a few tries and then I tried the poke method of debricking. I installed a 2mb sb5101 flash dump on it and unplugged power/plugged it back in and the lights came on for a little longer before going out. Now I can't detect it at all. Here is a log from that one:

Code:
Copyright (C) 2010-2015
USB JTAG NT    0.68
Target: SB5101Mod
-detect
IDCODE FFFFFFFF
-poke fffe230c 3
-poke fffe2304 0
-poke fffe2300 a
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 1c
-detect
-poke fffe230c 3
-poke fffe2304 0
-poke fffe2300 a
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 1c
-detect
-poke fffe230c 3
-poke fffe2304 0
-poke fffe2300 a
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 1c
-detect

Now my second modem was completely untouched since I bricked it, the same way as the first. The issue with this one is that it won't detecta aswell. I try the poke method on this one and it just says manufacturer not found, which is different from the first. Here is a log of that:

Code:
Copyright (C) 2010-2015
USB JTAG NT    0.68
Target: SB5101Mod
-detect
IDCODE FFFFFFFF
-poke fffe230c 3
-poke fffe2304 0
-poke fffe2300 a
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 9
-poke fffe2300 1c
-detect
IDCODE 8000007F
Manufacturer not found 03F

The thing is that I am using a brand new solderless header pin, and I am wondering if it is not connecting to the board properly. When I stick it in the holes it barely goes in, and one little touch will knock it out of place.

Does it look like a bad connection or a standard bricked modem? How can I proceed from here? Since I cant detect I am limited to the poke method to debrick it and that isn't working, can anyone shed some light? Huge PITA.AngryAngryAngryAngry
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Is this normal for a bricked modem, or do I have a bad connection? - by theman01 - 30-04-2014, 04:33 PM

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