Matrix Infinity clone modchip. Can it be flashed?

**Nightman** · 01-15-2005,04:30 PM

Can it be flashed with the newest Infinity firmware? I saw it at www.r o b o t p i g.com I emailed them, but did not get a clear answer, as they did not know.

I don't need the age old lecture how clones are bad, buy the original, etc. This chip is not for me. I have a customer who is wanting to buy it instead of shelling out the extra couple bucks for an official Infinity.

**messiahfan2003** · 01-15-2005,04:36 PM

It cant be flashed because they have added clone protection so it wont work. Sorry to hear about it. Plus some dont work when you change the settings. They are junk anyways. I hope this helps.

**villasg** · 01-15-2005,04:36 PM

My experience say :
NH 9 and MODBO 1.1 CANOT flashed and DONT save any changes you have make in
Infinity option configuration menu :
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Press TRIANGLE + CIRCLE to enter the configuration menu.
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Just clone stop to work

**messiahfan2003** · 01-15-2005,04:40 PM

I'd still get the real infinity.

**Nightman** · 01-15-2005,04:47 PM

Yep, you guys just gave me the info I needed to talk him into the original Infinity chip. What good is a flashable Infinity clone if it cannot be flashed, lol!

**summ0ne** · 01-15-2005,04:47 PM

you can prolly prevent the clone from dying by write protecting the eeprom on it

villasg - tell me which pins on the little 8-pin chip are connected to 3v3!

EDIT:

i see on the pic its pin3!
just lift pin3 on the little on the modbo/nh9/InfinitySE and take it to gnd when u install it - and it should never die :-)

here is a practical way of doing it (diagram)

Then u have a cheap and safe non-upgradable infinity which works great with its current firmware.

**villasg** · 01-15-2005,05:00 PM

Originally Posted by summ0ne

you can prolly prevent the clone from dying by write protecting the eeprom on it

villasg - tell me which pins on the little 8-pin chip are connected to 3v3!

EDIT:

i see on the pic its pin3!
just lift pin3 on the little on the modbo/nh9/InfinitySE and take it to gnd when u install it - and it should never die :-)

from SAIFUN is conected in =Vcc the legs 3 . 7 . 8
What doing the pin 3 ??

**summ0ne** · 01-15-2005,05:01 PM

not sure its pin3, might be pin7

just let me find the datasheet and make sure.

it is the WP (WriteProtect) pin - if u take it to gnd it protects the chip from being written to

**summ0ne** · 01-15-2005,05:05 PM

http://www.saifun.com/objects/SA25F010-Jan2004.pdf
yup, its pin3 B)

**villasg** · 01-15-2005,05:12 PM

You are correct

I try it tommorow .
Thanks

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