At @ames sega mega drive red screen

[mdancevic]

Hello i am new in forum, nice to meet you all

I have bought some second hand at @ames Sega Mega Drive Flashback, i has been good price. But when i connect to TV i got this on screen?

Red screen with some error says press D+A for SD CARD TEST

Anyone got the similar problem, is it possible to fix this somehow, i hear music in the background?

Thanks in advance

 

[WD_GASTER2]

Hello i am new in forum, nice to meet you all

I have bought some second hand at @ames Sega Mega Drive Flashback, i has been good price. But when i connect to TV i got this on screen?

Red screen with some error says press D+A for SD CARD TEST

Anyone got the similar problem, is it possible to fix this somehow, i hear music in the background?

Thanks in advance

yep. its stuck in test mode. you would need to reflash the system.img to fix it. I would not recommend that if its brand new though. just get it replaced.

 

[mdancevic]

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yep. its stuck in test mode. you would need to reflash the system.img to fix it. I would not recommend that if its brand new though. just get it replaced.

Thanks,it is second hand not new one, but how to reflash, i have tried to put sega_update.img on SD card and reboot, nothing happens? Any other flashing method that i can use, maybe to open it up?

Thanks in advance

 

[WD_GASTER2]

what kind of power adapter did yours com with im pretty sure that a 2017 model not a 2018

 

[mdancevic]

what kind of power adapter did yours com with im pretty sure that a 2017 model not a 2018

This is the picture of the console in attachment

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what kind of power adapter did yours com with im pretty sure that a 2017 model not a 2018

Is procedure the same for 2017 and 2018?

 

[WD_GASTER2]

ah ok
this clarifies things
by a mile
format your SD card with SD formatter.

Then try the sega_update.img

it will work

Best of luck you have a 2018 model

 

[mdancevic]

ah ok
this clarifies things
by a mile
format your SD card with SD formatter.

Then try the sega_update.img

it will work

Best of luck you have a 2018 model

I have formated the card and copy sega_update.img, formated wirh FAT32, and also tried with FAT16, turn the console of insert SD card power on and nothing happens still in test mode?

 

[WD_GASTER2]

with SD FORMATTER?

that thing specifically needs to be done with that. windows formatting WILL NOT work

 

[mdancevic]

with SD FORMATTER?

that thing specifically needs to be done with that. windows formatting WILL NOT work

Yes with sd card formatter, fornated to fat32 and tried to fat16, and copy sega_update.img at the root of the sd card, put sd card in slot and turn console, nothing happens
What name of the card should be?

 

[WD_GASTER2]

try a different SD card. sounds obnoxious but the console is kind of picky when it comes to this.

 

[mdancevic]

try a different SD card. sounds obnoxious but the console is kind of picky when it comes to this.

Tried with several sd cards

 

[WD_GASTER2]

@rrifonas any suggestions?

you could always hard flash it but i dont suggest it unless you are confident with tearing the thing down.

 

[rrifonas]

No idea, I've seen some folks on the other threads with this same issue but I'm quite sure they returned/replaced the device.

My suggestion would be to try the one of my custom firmware, as it will rewrite /emulator and /data. If it doesn't work I can create a full flash....

 

[mdancevic]

No idea, I've seen some folks on the other threads with this same issue but I'm quite sure they returned/replaced the device.

My suggestion would be to try the one of my custom firmware, as it will rewrite /emulator and /data. If it doesn't work I can create a full flash....

Thanks, i have tried custom and original firmware, like sega_update.img on SD card i had no luck, it does dont even started with update process.
Can you post full update, i will be grateful to you, also is it possible to perform full flash, because i think there is android inside?

Thanks in advance

 

[WD_GASTER2]

I would attempt a hard flash then just know that it’s at your own risk. Yes you can flash it entirely with the rockchip flash tools. It’s Linux and not android

 

[mdancevic]

I would attempt a hard flash then just know that it’s at your own risk. Yes you can flash it entirely with the rockchip flash tools. It’s Linux and not android

Ok, is there some tutorial how to flash, thanks

 

[rrifonas]

One of the threads for this device has the points you will need to solder and make the device communicate with the Rockchip tools in a Windows PC.
Once you can solder the 2 jumpers I can help with the full flash.

[EDIT]
Flash and instructions sent.

 

[cubbox]

I'm having the same issue, got the USB port points bridged ok but unsure where to find the full flash files. Are you able to help me rrifonas??

Thanks!

 

[cubbox]

So far I've managed to get the Rockchip drivers installed and I can get the console recognised as a connected device in Rockchip Batch Tool. I've found an EU firmware dump someone posted elsewhere on here but Rockchip Batch Tool doesn't like any of the img files (i get an "Invalid Firmware" error). It looks like there is an individual file for each partition, boot.img, data.img emulator.img etc..

I guess I need to convert the individual img files to a single firmware file somehow?

 

[rrifonas]

You are almost there. You will need to use Android Tool to flash this full dump. Check if this dump has a .cfg file, you will need to load it to see the correct partitioning.

Let me know if you have any problem.