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    will usb to serial cable lead work

    Hi people . im just trying to hook up my dreambox to my pc to upload an image. i dont seem to have the standard 9 pin socket on my comp to link it up, theres a usb to serial cable about on ebay, im just wondering if i can link my dreambox by this way to send an image to my box ?

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    Re: will usb to serial cable lead work

    nah m8 im afraid the usb 2 serial are no good for flashing dreamboxes but a pci caerd with serial ports on will be fine

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    Re: will usb to serial cable lead work

    Can you not flash the dm500 through network interface similar to dm600?

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    Re: will usb to serial cable lead work

    ive use usb to serial with no probs at all , laptop to dreambox ,

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    Re: will usb to serial cable lead work

    i use one from Eminent. works fine

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    Re: will usb to serial cable lead work

    I find the USB to serial adapters work quite well with WinXP, but a lot of people seem to have problems with Vista.

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