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Trying to power up a Megatouch motherboard
gio_aus:
So if one were to take a hard drive and change the HWID to "MERIT", then it would work?
ed12:
well i am a bit lost for advice here..
i would take the key #,and find matching harddrive with the o/s on it
and see if it fix's it
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lilshawn:
--- Quote from: gio_aus on July 06, 2014, 02:06:49 am ---So if one were to take a hard drive and change the HWID to "MERIT", then it would work?
--- End quote ---
well, yes and no.
it not exactly like just taking some firmware and dumping it on there (since every drive is different). there is a lot more going on there. but in a nutshell, yes. the tools and software are not exactly available to the average Joe. very few places have access to it... IE: data recovery and the manufacturer.
start.racist{statement}
This is (basically) to keep the Chinese from buying cheap hard drives, editing them to show up as more expensive larger capacity drives from better manufacturers.
IE:
buy 80gb factory refurb HDD for 5 bucks each.
edit firmware with Western Digital branding and 1tb capacity
sell on ebay as brand new for $120 and you think your getting an awesome deal.
mahkeymike:
--- Quote from: gio_aus on July 06, 2014, 02:06:49 am ---So if one were to take a hard drive and change the HWID to "MERIT", then it would work?
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A normal firmware upgrade does not contain the id of the hard drive. Theres a chip on the hard drive controller that contains it. That chip needs to be connected to a programmer and dumped, edited, and reflashed. There may be software out there for specific drives to do this, but i have not researched doing this. For me it would be much easier to patch the software to not look for that special "merit" id.
gio_aus:
does anyone reckon this kernal panic error could be down to a failure on the motherboard? Is there some sort of motherboard repair software I can try to fix this?
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