BIOS NO CA FOUND - (another one)

Ok

I've done all you suggested. I've installed that other driver, I've tried using Sunray Flashup, I've tried switching it off/on twice after pressing CONNECT. I've also tried the same with DreamUP (because its A8P sim) and Optiflash. No luck.

I don't think there's a problem with the driver because it makes a noise as soon as USB inserted to say connected, and it connects fine to my other DM800SE boxes (also with A8P sim).

The COM port is COM3 with the broken box, with my other (working) box it uses COM4, but I don't think these numbers are of any significance.

I've previously had problems writing to this box using DreamUP and had to use optiflash, but I've never been unable to connect full stop.

Unless you have any other ideas, tomorrow I'll try it on a different PC and I'll also swop the SIM. If a new SIM fixes it happy days, not much £ for a new SIM.

Update..

The problem is nothing to do with the SIM card - swopped with another sim and it does the same.

The problem is nothing to do with my PC/usb/drivers etc.

The problem started when my dad did the "software updates". It didn't crash whilst installing the update, but on reboot it crashed halfway through loading the image (yellow bar gets half way - stuck on the loading screen). My friend had exactly the same problem, must have been one of those "bad updates" that they warn you about on openpli website. I fixed my friend's box no problem, by booting to IP and flashing the image.

On my dad's box, however, by the time I got to it it would NOT even try to load the image - it doesn't get past "BIOS NO CA FOUND". I must have turned the box on/off at least 50 times and it neither attempts to load the image or connects with my PC.

Amazingly, this evening, I turned it on and it did NOT give the "BIOS NO CA FOUND" message. Instead it tried to load the image and got stuck half way (as it did originally). I restarted the box and tried to enter boot mode but, as luck would have it, it has gone back to how it was - "BIOS NO CA FOUND", which once again I get regardless of whether I leave it to boot the image or try to enter boot mode.

Now, I had this problem on this box a year ago. I came to the conclusion that when it "heats up" it doesn't boot the SIM, because it would do this even when you do a RESTART in the middle of the day. If I left it for a few hours, all of a sudden it would load the image. The problem seemed to go away completely and has been fine for about a year but, all of a sudden, this problem has now come back. Only, now it's come back with a vengeance because even after leaving it a few hours it doesn't necessarily fix it.

I'm going to turn it on every day after a long cool down, but each time I'm going to make sure my finger is on the BOOT button so that I don't miss my chance. If I can get another window of opportunity to flash the image maybe, as illogical as it may seem, it will stop doing the "BIOS NO CA FOUND" thing for another year...