Need help identifying my Coby MP610

nick255 · #1 (**permalink**) 25th May 2009, 4:55 pm

I have a Coby MP610 and I haven't been able to extract the firmware or identify which chipset it is. I would like to back up the firmware but s1fwx didn't detect it and I don't know what to try next.

Firmware Version: 01.20.13
Chip: 08
Firmware: fw_tianma
ISP: M7103_080528.BIN
NAND: TC58NVG4D1DTG(MLC) TOSHIBA
Capacity: 3966/4096 MB
VID: 0402, PID:5668

Link: http://cobyusa.com/?p=prod&prod_num_id=212&pcat_id=1001

lolita · #2 (**permalink**) 26th May 2009, 1:48 am

ALi M5668? The VID is ALi's, and since their M5661/5667 have PIDs of 5661/5667 you'd expect this one to be an M5668... although I can't find any traces of such an IC existing on the internet. Maybe it's a new one, but then the "ISP: M7103..." (where did you get that info from?) suggests it's the M7103 chip (equally rare and unknown).

This might be somewhat useful...
http://www.bslsz.com/uploadfile/UpLoad/55555.JPG

You can try M566xISP tool to save the "PM" (that's what the firmware is called in these ALi chips).

nick255 · #3 (**permalink**) 26th May 2009, 5:41 am

I got that information by downloading and running the MP610 firmware update tool (see screenshot below).

Update: I managed to dump the firmware (pm.bin) by using a newer version of the ISP tool (M7103ISP_0.96.0). The version I tried earlier was 0.79 (I think) which failed, but 0.96 works. If you wish, I could upload the newer mptool and m701isp software. In case you are wondering, it is packaged with Chillkat ZIP 2 Secure EXE, but I managed to get the files out of the temp directory and they seem to work.

lolita · #4 (**permalink**) 27th May 2009, 12:55 am

Yes, it would be very good to upload the tools so others can recover/save the firmware on their players. Not much is known about these ALi chips (much less than Actions).

aslamahmed · #5 (**permalink**) 25th Jun 2011, 3:10 pm

I have a hitachi dmp860 mp3 player which also contains an Ali's CPU, I used the isp tool to backup pm.bin from a working dmp860 but i could not program it, it says "Invalid Filename". Do you have any suggestions.

jdpichaytech · #6 (**permalink**) 27th Nov 2011, 9:20 am

hi i am also a coby user, i need help how to flash and install firmware in coby mp601- 2 gig, at first it was drop in a pool, i dried it up and turns on, when im going to my music list it hangs, i reset it and it dont turn on anymore, it just blinks, im trying to figure out how to use the new isp tool.. can any one help me the step by step process? thank you so much...