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Scan SC-2000 died upgrading to official 2.14 Firmware

somegeeza (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Tuesday, 20th February 2001, 17:36

Anyone had the same problem...

1) Bought machine early Feb with 2.06 firmware installed.
2) Downgraded to 1.80 twice as suggested on this forum.
3) Upgraded to 2.14: Scan died - no TV picture or LED display thereafter.

I used official release 2.14 from NiVZ site.

Scan replaced unit next day - thanx :o)
Somegeeza

RE: Scan SC-2000 died upgrading to official 2.14 Firmware

bear (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 20th February 2001, 18:23

You thank them for knackering your player with untested software.....god you scan owners are weird!

This item was edited on Tuesday, 20th February 2001, 18:26

RE: Scan SC-2000 died upgrading to official 2.14 Firmware

MalcolmM (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Tuesday, 20th February 2001, 18:31

Upgrading firmware on anything with flash memory always carries a risk - that`s why most motherboard manufacturers don`t advise upgrading BIOS unless you really need to. A few bytes get corrupted and its `goodbye`.

RE: Scan SC-2000 died upgrading to official 2.14 Firmware

bear (Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 20th February 2001, 18:52

MalcomM , Did you ever get your Aiwa back?

RE: Scan SC-2000 died upgrading to official 2.14 Firmware

somegeeza (Mostly Harmless) posted this on Tuesday, 20th February 2001, 20:02

U were right MalcolmM, firmware upgrades are risky - as I found out.

I took the risk of trying it again - upgraded to 2.14 OK now. Maybe I did something wrong last time. This time I used a CDR instead of CDRW, wrote at 1x instead of 10x. Followed the instructions in NiVZ`s FAQ to the T and all is fine.

Somegeeza ;o)

RE: Scan SC-2000 died upgrading to official 2.14 Firmware

xeno (Competent) posted this on Tuesday, 20th February 2001, 20:26

That is real interesting

The time i upgraded using acdrw ny scan did exactly the same thing.
I have upgraded multiple times on all the scans i have had and they all worked fine with the exception of the cdrw.I suspected that the fact i used a cdrw may have contributed to my scan dying-this has gone some way to proving my theory.

I think this should be noted by all scan owners.

xeno

up the irons

Nivz -i think this is worth including on the F.A.Q

RE: Scan SC-2000 died upgrading to official 2.14 Firmware

Gary W (Competent) posted this on Tuesday, 20th February 2001, 20:30

I have played about with upgrading my Scan with initially CD-R and then CD-RW. The CD-RW has been successful every time for me. I don`t think the media is the issue here.
You can always check the .rom file on the CD with a downloadable CRC checking program - there are many out there.

RE: Scan SC-2000 died upgrading to official 2.14 Firmware

Malky (Competent) posted this on Tuesday, 20th February 2001, 23:05

I would be very wary of burning a CD of the firmware faster then 2x.

As flashing firmware carries a risk it`s always best to err on the safe side and make sure the disc is written correctly and is easy to read by the player.

I`ve never had any problems when upgrading.

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