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Ok total newbie.. but not an idiot when it comes to Comps.. i need guidance! (modified 0 times) vsaini Profile | Email alright guys, i just got what appears to be a V5 Iopener.. it was an open box special, and i didnt have to sign anything about service agreements. (i got it from circuit city) At circuit city it was the display unit, and i haven't connected it to my land or cell line.. so it hasn't been allowed to connect.. I have taken it apart (#### these damn rivets by the way) and it appears to be a V5. It does not have that yamaha chip in there.. its a Rise 266.. etc.. what i need to know is.. this. What do i have to do to upgrade this machine, to run Win 95 or 98. This unit will be going into my car, as a digital audio source, for my headunit. I hope to connect a small 1 gig laptop drive (2.5 inch) for the primary drive for the OS.. and also have a secondary device which is a Removable harddrive. I can build the housings etc.. etc.. Where do i start the modification process? Bios.. where do i get it.. can i just flash my own? perhaps hotflash it? cables? Keyboards? etc etc thanks.. all your help would be appreciated 01-20-2001 07:15:38

RE:Ok total newbie.. but not an idiot when it comes to Comps.. i need guidance! (modified 0 times) redwood Profile rivets? gulp... did you manage to remove the chips from the MB? :) oh, I'd like Codeman, or whomever runs this to Please, make a thread for ckbones Great series... 'tips.. 1 thru 8 I think... would be Great to have them All in one place... btw, ckbone... ready for yer Next batch! thanks! 01-20-2001 09:39:19

RE:Ok total newbie.. but not an idiot when it comes to Comps.. i need guidance! (modified 0 times) Turbo3 Profile Are you referring to the special torx screws used to hold the stand to the back of the iopener? They have a small pin in the middle to make it harder to remove without a torx "tamper proof" #8 driver. Although a small bladed screw driver should also work if jammed in. You don't need to remove any of the real rivets in the RF shield to open an iopener. 01-20-2001 10:40:07

RE:Ok total newbie.. but not an idiot when it comes to Comps.. i need guidance! (modified 0 times) ckbone Profile Redwood.....Thanks for the compliment. To all beginners in the I-Opener hacking.....There is a long series of tips that you might find helpful. To find them use the search feature at the top of the page....search for "I-Opener Tips For New Owners". This is one of the reasons I stopped the "Tips" series. I found the same questions being asked over and over....even though practically every question was answered by me or others in the "Tips" series. It got to be frustrating....It was like no-one was reading anything, no-one was using the search feature. I could continue the series, if I thought anybody was reading the "Tips".....I got to feeling I was banging my head on a wall. 01-20-2001 16:22:06

I use the tips (modified 0 times) KneuB_2 Profile | Email I read the "tips", and still do. I would love to see them continued. 01-24-2001 23:53:05

RE:Ok total newbie.. but not an idiot when it comes to Comps.. i need guidance! (modified 0 times) Ragnar Profile ckbone, not only have I read all the tips, I also printed them out. About 45 pages or so. Thanks for greasing the skids for up new comers. };) 01-31-2001 15:35:11

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