Guest tilney1977 Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 hie people. i am a novice at using tablets and how they work. i bought a advent vega tegra tablet from an auction. when i try to turn it on, only the blue light located near the camera turns on. the screen remains dark and nothing else happens. i have no idea where to go from here. if anyone has an idea please let me know. thank you in advance. 0<br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest richardmlea Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Hi Tilney, Is the charge light coming on when you charge it? That sounds like it could be faulty motherboard (not giving out a signal to the lcd) or a faulty LCD. Unfortunately diagnosing the problem will probably mean re-flashing a rom (with a pc) and losing your data (the programs and settings, not the files saved on your sd card). When you flash a rom there will be a message displayed on the screen of your vega (NV flash somethingerother....) If you see this message on your vega screen you should be OK when the installation is complete. If you see nothing on the vega screen but the program on the pc is installing correctly then you LCD is probably at fault. If the installation fails its probaly the motherboard. Install moddedstock Heres the DL links as the one on the thread is dead http://www.tabletroms.com/forums/vega-rom-development/4338-multiupload-com-down-vegacomb-moddedstock-can-found-here.html Heres a moddedstock and vegatools (helps install the drivers on you pc) install guide I did for someone else. To place the Advent Vega into NVflash recovery mode: o Turn the Vega off by holding down the POWER button for 6 seconds o Once off, hold the BACK button down for 2 seconds o Then, whilst keeping the BACK button held, press and hold the POWER button for 2 seconds o Then release just the POWER button but keep holding the BACK button for a further 2 seconds o Release the BACK button The Vega will not light up but it should in NVflash recovery mode (This previous bit is tricky even with a working LCD, because your LCD not working is look for the camera blue light, if you see it come on when you are trying to put it into restore mode then you have done it wrong. hold down the power button until the light goes off then try again.) If you have done the Back button thing correctly you will be in recovery mode You can now run the moddedstock exe file on your pc and begin the install. The file will be extracted, and then a command prompt will open and run automatically and send the files to the Vega. It will take about a minute and when its done you can press return (when prompted) to close the command prompt. You are now running ModdedStock " Good luck Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IanTurner Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Has it ever worked or is that the state you bought it in ? I assume this happens whether it's plugged into the mains or not ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tilney1977 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 Thanks Richardmlea. i have tried to follow your instructions as mentioned above. unfortunately i keeping getting a message saying UNKNOWN DRIVES on my PC. i have been trying for several days with not much luck. i cannot tell if the tablet is recovery mode or not as there nothing showing on the screen. is it true that i might have better luck using windows xp instead vista home edition. i have also read somewhere that i have to have an original advent usb as it is wired different. thanks for in advance again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tilney1977 Posted March 22, 2012 Report Share Posted March 22, 2012 @IanTurner its never worked. it just appears to charge but nothing else after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest richardmlea Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 (edited) It shouldn't make any difference what version of window you are using, you probably just have the wrong drivers installed. Download vegatools and its update. open vegatools run as administrator. Click install usb drivers with audi (bottom left box on the roms tab). in step 1 select "I want to install the advent stock rom using recovery mode" In step 2 click next step (bottom left). in step 3 select delete all vega drivers and ok any popups. Then click install correct driver and in the popup choose "just get on with it. do it for me!" and then "do it" You will now have the driver installed correctly. Now connect your vega to the pc by usb and hold the power button for 15 seconds to make sure its fully off. Then do the back start button thing to enter restore mode. When you get it right your computer will ping to say its found new hardware and the red box on audi will turn green to let you know your in restore mode. You can now close audi and flash moddedstock by running the moddedstock.exe file. Hope this sorts it for you. Good luck Edited March 23, 2012 by richardmlea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest IanTurner Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 i have also read somewhere that i have to have an original advent usb as it is wired different Are you saying that it didn't come with a usb cable and that you're using one you bought elsewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest richardmlea Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Ian has a good point, The cable is standard but USB 2.0 so if you have a USB 1.0 lead or if its not the original lead try another. make sure its "A to A USB 2.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tilney1977 Posted March 28, 2012 Report Share Posted March 28, 2012 thanks guys. it was a long tedious fight but with your help i can say "alas" i am up and running. thanks a bunch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now