Johnny could be able to replace the flash chip, of the v2 box.

On 1 Gb Flash boxes, there is and it's normal, a lot of flash bad sectors, in fact it is not a problem. Just do a Flash Clean / Scan, to be sure all is properly checked and real bad sectors marked.

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