Dead card after wrong pda and firmware flashing

[James Harper]

I've heard this 'genesis' mode mentioned before, what is it? From the
name I can assume it is a time when the card is without form and is void
:)

How does one put a card into this mode to receive the new firmware
images? Is it do-able with both the pci and cardbus versions?

thanks

James

> -----Original Message-----
> From: hostap-admin at shmoo.com [mailto:hostap-admin at shmoo.com] 
> On Behalf Of Jouni Malinen
> Sent: Thursday, 3 April 2003 15:49
> To: hostap at shmoo.com
> Subject: Re: Dead card after wrong pda and firmware flashing
> 
> 
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 02:39:28AM +0200, david jaoui wrote:
> 
> > I have micronet SP905 V2 pcmcia card (prism 2.5) with detachable 
> > antenna. It seems to be same hardware than reliawave 30 mw (demarc 
> > which I downloaded firmwares from) but not so sure you'll 
> see !!! Clue 
> > : Micronet is recognized as platform 8002 by winupdate flash and 
> > reliawave platform 800c.
> 
> Are you sure about that Prism2.5 part? If nicid is 0x8002, it 
> is Prism2 using HFA3841 as MAC chip..
> 
> > I couldn't upgrade firmware from PRI: 0.3.0 STA : 1.3.4 
> because "wrong 
> > platform message" with a lot of 1.1.1 and 1.5.6 hex files.
> 
> And there is a good reason for this.. They are not compatible 
> with your card. There is no PRI 1.1.1 firmware for HFA3841 
> (as far as I know).
> 
> > I found pda file for 800c/4 in dlink dwl650 firmware and 
> the winupdate 
> > seemed to accept to upgrade my firmware to 1.5.6 with that pda file 
> > added.
> 
> > Is my card dead ? Can I do something to have it back ?
> 
> Yes and yes, but not easily. If you can get someone with 
> suitable hardware and firmware images to reflash it using 
> genesis mode..
> 
> > If yes, Can I still upgrade it in some way to 1.5.6 and 
> 1.1.1 ? How ?
> 
> No, PRI 1.1.1 does not exist for your card. Upgrading to STA 
> 1.5.6 should work; assuming you have correct image.
> 
> > What are the differences between prism 2 and 2.5 regarding hardware 
> > and software ?
> 
> They use (among other things) different MAC chip and thus 
> different firmware image, but have more or less identical 
> interface to the host system.
> 
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