Inside my cheap ebay player

[cziepe]

Well I wish i'd read this site before being fooled. However i received my player this week and i decided to take it apart to see what it really is...

Here it is in all its glory. It feels ok the buttons work quite well.
What i didn't take a picture of was the back. There's a little sticky label stating 8gb



I decide to take it apart. Its held by 4 screws, one on each corner. removing the cover reveals....



and a close up of the memory chip...



The soldering on this seems really bad. You can see this in the close up pic.

The memory chip has the marking - k9lag08u0m, which if i'm not mistaken is in fact a 2GB memory chip?

Thankfully i didn't pay too much for this otherwise i would have been fuming, although how do i correct the firmware to make it see the correct memory size? I've tried reformatting but it still states 7.97gb

Regards

Colin

[womblebongo]

Wow thats appalling soldering! I'm amazed that it works at all.

Anyway, DO NOT touch the Firmware.

This is the best guide to follow:
http://www.mympxplayer.org/how-to-re...ack-vt2400.htm

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[ashley_rb]

did you put the sellers name on the blacklist?
http://mympxplayer.org/bad-sellers-blacklist-vf15.html

here's a picture of a real 4GB chip.
http://www.teekobeach.com/whatisahackedplayer.html

i have a 4GB player and its not hacked. i really feel bad for you.

[lattesurf]

The chip looks like it had a whole bottle of solder flux poured over it before soldering commenced.
Also, those pins on the left, looks like it's starting to rust & oxidize?

[cziepe]

Well i've now reformatted the player to what it shoud've been in the first place, 2gb.

Thankfully i only paid £24 for this.

I give it about a month and it'll be dead.