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February 27, 2015, 10:13:59 AM
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Ok- sorry in advance for the long explanation - however it is necessary.  

I had a S4 go down on me.  It was the BB.  So being the crafty guy I am - I grabbed the BB from an S5 (figured it was almost 1TH more to be running the S4)  everything is fine and dandy - I send the bad S4 BB to bitmain and they swap it for a BB for another S4 BB.  Simple enough - that's what I asked for.  

Now- I have no Idea which unit I used the old S5 BB in (I have almost 20) so it would be easier just to make the S4 BB work in an S5 -or so I think...

Here is the problem.  The S4 is designed to run off of an SD card ONLY.  So I figure - I will download the S5 image and put it on an SD card and flash it.  Well- that didn't work out.  I was able to get the S5 to boot with the SD card - But it ALWAYS has the default pool info for BITMAIN when it restarts or reboots.  So now - I would REALLY like to flash the S5 with the current SD card.  But it appears that you have to have an S2 button on the board to initiate flash.  *(I'm guessing bitmain saved a lot of money buying stripped down BB's)  At this point I either need to modify the code on the SD card to be my pools.  Or figure out a way to flash the BB with the SD card and get it back to normal.

Any help would be appreciated.  

unix skill set = lacking...But I follow directions VERY well - unless you are my wife! LOL

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February 27, 2015, 10:31:04 AM
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Try to comminicate with smit1237, he is very experienced in reverse engineering of S5 firmware. Do not forget to send a little "thanx" to his wallet.

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