Cannot restore the apple tv 1

I’ve tried the tool made by sam N as well as the open elec restore tool, the file loads ok, brings me to the apple screen where I can chose between restore, restart and diagnose. But when I restore, it just keeps looping back to the restore, restart and diagnose screen.

Ideas?

Try this tool. Works for me. http://www.crystalbuntu.com/wiki/mac-osx-installation/

Simply follow the installation instructions again and choose «Restore original OS» in terminal. Don’t forget to connect lan (wifi won’t work while installing the firmware on atv)