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Gametime (Force) Installer iso?

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MasterOfNone:
Ugh..., damn, I think I figured out the problem (bricked I/O) by breaking my perfectly good GT.  The other GT throwing the Invalid Key error previously had an unlabeled hard-drive, which I made the mistake of trying in my 100% good GT. During boot it went crazy and ended with the message "I/O board reprogrammed, reboot machine", arrgh... On reboot, I see a flash of the GT splash screen, but then it can't find the touchscreen.  I wonder what other system that HDD could be from that wouldn't recognize good ol' Force serial microtouch and also would be setup to reprogram the I/O? Boot menu on mystery drive only has one choice "linux", no version number, though LILO is 21.6.  So, now both of these GT machines apparently have corrupted I/O's that throw Invalid Key errors with a known good GT key&drive set installed. If the I/O's have been converted to commercial Force I could run that (didn't try yet), but I really want 'em to stay original. Guess I have to figure out how to get the I/O board firmware back to GT style... Help! I'll pay handsomely! :)
PS-Tried fresh install from iso, tried other good drives and keys, all same invalid key error. If I put in a regular Force drive, it throws the fatal error like the I/O board isn't even there, so I guess the mystery drive didn't reprogram it to be commercial Force. Such a bummer. This GT was still all factory original and untinkered with until I got my grubby paws on it. Now I'm wracked with guilt for screwing it up, and GT I/O boards don't grow on trees... ;(

MasterOfNone:
Also, the Force 2008.5 iso for V25_00 does work for GT, but it results in GT V3.02, while V25_10 installs GT V4.50. I only have V25_00 to try, but the original drive in my formerly working machine showed as 25_10 & 4.50.  Seems like the V25_10 iso may be the last one. I remember someone saying somewhere that 2008.5 is the last edition with an update for GT, but is that true?  If I ever get this I/O board fixed, I'll be too scared to try updating with the 2009 iso! :)

Megatouchmike:
Yep. I have that same drive, the one that reprograms ioboards. Luckily I was able to restore the eeprom from another Io and that got it running

Could probably help you out the same way

P.s...i have a few dozen GameTime keys from people who wanted to upgrade their machines. I probably have the one you need, just a matter of finding it

MasterOfNone:
Since all the GT keys I've ever seen are labeled with the same SA3519-03 (except for the unlabeled one), I'm wondering if it's really just the I/O board that's different and has to be matched to the right drive image. hmm...

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