PolarBearWY
join:2002-02-20
Laramie, WY
| Please post your SMC reflash results
I am estimating about 30 of you guys have successfully reflashed the MSN DSL 1000, and one person has reported a bad flash, which could have been caused by many different things, including user error.
Please post your results, and make it simple and short.
If it worked, post "success."
If it didn't work, post "didn't work."
If you couldn't try it because of USB limitations with your computer, post "legacy compatibility."
I'd like to see what kind of success rate people are having. |
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PolarBearWY
join:2002-02-20
Laramie, WY | SUCCESS |
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sclark10000
join:2003-09-06
Santa Barbara, CA | reply to PolarBearWY
Flash worked, unable to get online. Have keycodes, & correct vpi/vci settings...what could be the problem? MSN said the modem is training, but not getting PPP authenticated. |
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PolarBearWY
join:2002-02-20
Laramie, WY
| reply to PolarBearWY
There are 6 millions options. I left ALL of the options to default, including the VCI/VPI which were already set correctly. 0,32 or 32,0 (I don't remember which is which).
Care to list all of your option settings? It would take a bit of time, but one of us might be able to help. Did you change any of the settings? |
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Ty_Bor
@uswest.net | reply to sclark10000
The keycodes are case-specific, so make sure you have the upper and lower case letters from MSN. The first tech I talked to didn't tell me which letters were capitals, so my modem would never authenticate. |
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PolarBearWY
join:2002-02-20
Laramie, WY
| Another thing a tech told me once was that you need to use the SHIFT key for successive capital letters, and not the CAPS LOCK.
Personally, I think that's horse shot. We're typing in a text field. An 'A' is an 'A' regardless of whether you hit SHIFT-A, CAPS LOCK then A, or copy/paste an 'A' from another place. But, that's what they said. I have actually heard that more than once. |
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sclark10000
join:2003-09-06
Santa Barbara, CA | So you folks got it working by leaving everything at default, and ONLY entering password & username (keycodes) for PPP? |
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pmohr
Premium
join:2002-09-22
Oak Ridge, TN | reply to PolarBearWY
Success, though I did have to try a machine or three before it would work with the USB controller. Finally worked on an old Latitude CP. |
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sortofageek
Premium,Mod
join:2001-08-19
Valhalla Dr
clubs: |  reply to PolarBearWY
Anyone care to submit a How To FAQ for this?
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Team Helix Forum - Join Us? |
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PolarBearWY
join:2002-02-20
Laramie, WY
| I'm working on something like that. Basically, it will be instructions from the original post, just more clear.
For it to be a FAQ, I will need someone to start asking questions "frequently." 
Edited to add...
I just noticed the date I joined DSLReports is 0220 2002.
[text was edited by author 2003-09-19 10:44:03] |
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PolarBearWY
join:2002-02-20
Laramie, WY
| Actually, I just read the original post by JEFE and it's just fine, IMO. The only thing he really didn't make clear was the fact that shorting the jumper inside the modem casing is a necessity. Between his original post, and NOTHINGness's post about the actual flash procedure, I think they should be ok. Several questions have been asked in that thread and it is now 4 pages long. sortofageek, if you'd rather have something else available, let me know. |
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SWitte
join:2003-11-07
Colorado Springs, CO | reply to PolarBearWY
Success...
But all of my web pages are pulling up slow.. I have tried changing a few things.. But no luck.
Any Ideas? |
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plainClothes
@us.xo
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I am having this same problem!
It was working fine then one day it just stopped. MSN tells me the DSL is trained, but on my side its not authenticating. Giving me the "Invalid Username / Password" "Authentication Failed" error in the Log.
MSN told me the keycodes do not change. Is it a possibility that they did? What can i do? |
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SWitte
join:2003-11-07
Colorado Springs, CO | reply to PolarBearWY
My Keycodes haven't chnaged from the first day that i got them, it acts kinda like a DNS issue, but I checked my route path, it all appears ok.
But my Ping types are extremly high 90 - 100+... |
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bilydkid1970
join:2003-10-16
85000
clubs: | reply to PolarBearWY
success -
w98 booted to dos mode.
-BdK |
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snevl
Premium
join:2002-12-15
Aurora, CO | reply to PolarBearWY
Geez. I guess I never noticed this thread...
I had success, using an old Win98 machine booted up in DOS mode.
Steve |
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PolarBearWY
join:2002-02-20
Laramie, WY
| said by snevl  :
Geez. I guess I never noticed this thread...
I had success, using an old Win98 machine booted up in DOS mode.
Steve
Thanks, Steve.
I abandoned the thread because people were using it as a discussion thread. All I really wanted was to give people an idea of the success rate.
Let's let this thread die. |
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elfiwolfe
join:2002-10-28
Veneta, OR
| reply to PolarBearWY
Flash successful.
win98se startup disk, fat16 harddrive
intel MB, P4 1.7ghz |
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InfiniteX
join:2002-11-26
Ames, IA
| Unsuccessful with my new 2.8ghz NTFS file system.
Successful with an old 350mhz FAT file system. |
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PolarBearWY
join:2002-02-20
Laramie, WY
| said by InfiniteX :
Unsuccessful with my new 2.8ghz NTFS file system.
Successful with an old 350mhz FAT file system.
As per the SMC flash instructions, you may mess things up using an NTFS system during the flash. |
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