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Old 08-03-2007, 08:47   #8
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Re: who has bricked their box doing a forced update?

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Originally Posted by handyman View Post
You cannot brick a box by force updating it if done correctly, if you interrupted a software flash it could wipe the memory.
sort of true, its just a flash chip in the box that stores the software/firmware

all flash chips have a certain amount of times they can be updated so eventually it will brick. you will probably have to force update like 15 times though

just like people often brick their routers
and less commonly brick their motherboards etc..
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