The M201d image worked! So yes I guess this board must only have 512 MB. Oh well. At least I can see what kind of trouble I can get into with LibreELEC. That was the main goal. 
I also have an M8S. Board is labelled "M8 V9_1" with a date code of 20160120. I see that you have an image for the M8+, which doesn't work for me. Is there an image for that board that you would recommend?
I will search around to see what I can find.
Thanks again!
Thank you dtech !
1. I have been using win32diskimager. Is there an app that you recommend?
2. I have not, trying it now.
3. Just so I understand correctly, you're saying that swapping the dtb around doesn't work because the unit only checks the device tree that is baked into the kernel? If I have that right, I wish I had known that about three days ago. LOL. Oh well, live and learn.
I will try that image right now and will report back.
Thanks again!
I have an MXQ all black that I cannot get to boot from any image that I have come across for the life of me. On the board it is labelled as MXQ-S805. It has the RTL 8189 WiFi chip and is a 1G/8G board. There is a silkscreen version on the other side that says "MXQ_S805 V3_1" and has a date code of 20151230.
I have used the toothpick method, the terminal "reboot update" command as well as many other methods. They all get stuck with the MXQ logo on the screen.
I have tried other images with all of the accompanying dtb files without any luck.
I am using a 32GB SDHC card. It is the smallest one I can find. Is that still too large for these older boards? Do I need to dig around for a 16G or 8G card? I am starting to question my own existence here. 
Any advice you folks can offer would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance!
SCH00N3R
