K3 card virginiser - tester wanted

007.4

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I'm currently writing a winexplorer script to virginize a 7272c K3 card back to original bootloader.

I'm looking for someone to test the script.

I know it does not work on the 6464c K3 copies. However, it SHOULD work on the original K3 (7272c with hologram).

If you have one of these old cards (which are now useless) and would like to risk it, (the script may kill the card) let me know.

If your K3 card does not have the hologram, then it is likely to be 6464c and the script will kill it. Therefore, only 7272c K3 cards are needed for the test.

TIA
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sperl59

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I have this card, this virginiser test for what is used?
What can we do with after this test ?
 

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At the moment the K3 card is only good for ice-scraping.

If the script works you will end up with a virgin AT90SC7272c card. You can then load an alternative OS of your choice and use it for experimentation.

If it does not work, you will end up with an ice-scraper but will also have helped the community progress our knowledge of the K3 OS.

The chances of success are about 50/50.

To run the script you need a phoenix type card programmer and a basic knowledge of using WinExplorer.
 

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I have analized the card and it is white without hologram, only white. That means I will destroy it.. Is it possible to find another way ?
 

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I have analized the card and it is white without hologram, only white. That means I will destroy it.. Is it possible to find another way ?

We are attempting to find a way for both cards. My test on the K3 copy 6464c card (which it looks like you have) resulted in a dead card. The first step is to find a way for the original K3 7272c. Once that is done we can then look at the 6464c cards.

However, it may be that no way can be found. Especially, if we do not get a volunteer to help with the testing. :(
 

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Is there a way to tell in CAS3 programmer what card it is ??
i think i might have correct card with hologram
i will check tonight im not home untill 9pm tho'
i know i have old Opos card and Cerebro cards and im sure i had a K3 Card too which really only lasted a very short time if i recall correct maybbe a month on Premier DE and D+ Spain ?
its been pretty much dead ever since so wont matter to me if i kill it even a bit more ..lol's
i'll post back here at 9pm tonight when i get back home doing some overtime @ work tonight im afraid and it suxs ! .
cheers
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No way to tell from ATR. They both are EE EF EF EE when they have no application loaded.

AFAIAA the only way to tell the original 7272c card is if it has the hologram.

You're right your card is already effectively dead. It may be totally dead after the test (nothing to lose!) but it will confirm if the script works or not.

I already know it does not work on the copy K3 6464c cards but that may be because the OS was not ported correctly by the copy team. Only the test will confirm and I do not have an original card to do it myself.
 

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I have such a card with hologram and a serial programmer. But I no longer have a working computer with a serial port. I can probably rebuild one from the crap still lying around, but that will take some time.
 

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The card does not requiring "trapping" therefore a USB to serial adapter may well work just fine to connect your programmer to your existing PC.
 

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If someone can help 007.4, it would help all the community !

Thanks, I checked but I have no K3 7272c.

TS
 

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Thanks TS for your words of encouragement to others!

It seems either no one has an old K3 7272c or is wiling to run the script. Shame :(
 

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opos card 1.4 any good for you to test on 007.4
original with hologram
not much good to me in our part of the world
 

barney115

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I Open Cas3 programmer i insert card that i think is my old K3 Card that ive not used in years i get this msg when i click " Cards " and " K3 Card "

it might be an old Cerebro card im not sure ??

ATR:
3B 78 12 00 00 65 C4 05 05 8F F1 90 00

so is this correct ATR Of K3 Card or something else ??


other card i have gives This DIFFERENT ATR =>

ATR:
CE 7C FC 02 7C C0 42 3E 4C 30 BE 82 3E B2 7E 3E FC 80 3E 40 8E F2 0E 30 B2 F2 FE 00 72 FE

Ive not used Cas3 or these cards in years so maybbe someone can tell if i have The K3 card required or some other dead card instead maybbe ??
 

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@harryt
Thanks for the offer but it needs to be an original K3 for the test I want to do.

@barney2222
The first ATR is for digiturk (cryptoworks).
I do not remember K3 been used for that provider.
Try and erase the application to find the card's original OS ATR.

The second card needs to be reset at 6.00MHz to show the correct ATR. It looks like an Irdeto ATR but read incorrectly at 3.57MHz
 
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