F100 Hardware Question

[TheMinder]

I've been out of the 2X loop for a while because of having knackered hardware and so apologies if the answer to this is something obvious that I should know.

I looked at my 2 broken 2X over weekend and in an attempt to see if I could get them to make 1 working one. I swapped the board from one into the other, the board was from an early F100 and I swapped it into a newer F100.

The 2x fires up, the display comes on and I get a nice stripey pattern and that's it.

There's a nagging in the back of my mind that that's something common and summat i've seen before but I can't for the life of me remember what it means.

Apart from "use the search button" anyone give me any help or pointers, even if it's only to say that the hardware combo won't work.

Thanks

 

[techFreak]

If you see colorful stripes on screen, then most probably it's bricked. If you have an access to JTAG then you can bring it alive. You need a Bob or Cradle and a JTAG cable (a printer cable with all pins connected). If you have all these follow this tutorial :

http://www.oneandoneis2.com/linux/GP2X/unbrick.htm

Good luck!

 

[TheMinder]

Thanks for the reply - I'll get the kit together and give that a go.