Yes, if you press that key sequence with no image on the card, your unit = will immediately smoke and melt! =20 Just kidding: it won't do anything if there is no firmware image. >>> walt@xxxxxxxxxx Friday, October 29, 2004 1:58:34 PM >>> Oh, goody! I love undocumented features. Obviously, this one loads an = image=20 from CF card. Are there any downsides? Specifically, if there's no image = on=20 the card, will pressing this key sequence do any damage? ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 1:39 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: device no longer recongnizedafterfirmwareupgrade Download www.aph.org/update/bpfw_1_0_4.bin=20 and rename to bpfw._bb Once you copy it to your flash card, use Book Port command 1+3+*+# >>> dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Friday, October 29, 2004 12:29:10 PM >>> No, if you just tell me where to download and rename that is fine. The self installers never worked for the firmware upgrades - I had to=3D20 always copy the files across manually anyway. Dale. At 07:56 PM 29/10/2004, you wrote: >Dase: > >We need to get you to try firmware version 1.0.4 to see if it is =3D recognized=3D3D > with that version. Do you need us to create a self-executing version = =3D of =3D3D >the updater for you? > > >>> dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Friday, October 29, 2004 1:45:29 AM >>> >My device is still not recognised by the transfer software. >Is there a new version of the transfer software or firmware to try? > >Dale. > >At 10:21 PM 4/10/2004, you wrote: > > >Hi Jerry. > > > >We'd love to confirm or reject this possibility. Could I possibly get = =3D =3D3D >you =3D3D3D > >to temporarily revert back to a previous firmware and see if the =3D problem =3D3D >=3D3D3D > >fixes itself? > > > >Which version did you have before? > > > > > > >>> jerry.neufeld@xxxxxxxxxx Sunday, October 03, 2004 10:16:52 PM >>> > >Joni, I doubt very much that s p 2 is the guilty party here since a = =3D3D >number > >of us having this problem have not yet incorporated Microsoft's latest > >package. With the previous version of the firmware that I had, all of = =3D my > >computers, my wife and I have six, those used here at home and in the = =3D =3D3D3D > >office > >at school, worked perfectly, all machines running x p pro. Now, only = =3D one =3D3D >=3D3D3D > >of > >these machines recognizes the BookPort. Although elusive, I am sure, I = =3D =3D3D >=3D3D3D > >think > >the bug lives in the BookPort's firmware. > > > >All the best, > > > >Jerry > > > > > >----- Original Message -----=3D3D3D20 > >From: "Joni Colver" <july77@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 5:08 PM > >Subject: [bookport] Re: device no longer recongnizedafterfirmware =3D upgrade > > > > > > > Dale and others having problems you might want to go to: > > > > > > http://www.support.microsoft.com/=3D3D3D20=3D3D20=3D20=20 > > > > > > and search for something like "usb device not recognized" because = =3D =3D3D >there > >are > > > lots of articles listed regarding this issue. There is one about = =3D =3D3D3D > >problems > > > with certain chip sets and SP2, USB drivers not being updated with = =3D SP2 =3D3D >=3D3D3D > >and > > > USB problems for people using Windows 2000. Maybe something there = =3D =3D3D >will =3D3D3D > >be > > > relevant to some of the problems people are having with the device = =3D not > >being > > > recognized. Good luck. Hope this doesn't happen to me when I =3D install > >SP2! > > > > > > Joni > > > ----- Original Message -----=3D3D3D20 > > > From: "Dale Reardon" <dale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Sunday, October 03, 2004 2:07 PM > > > Subject: [bookport] Re: device no longer recongnizedafterfirmware = =3D =3D3D3D > >upgrade > > > > > > > > > Well I have sort of done this. > > > On my system I have a dual boot OS setup. The second OS is just = =3D3D >another > > > version of XP Pro which I don't muck with. I am a real fiddler and > >tweaker > > > and sometimes ruin things and have to wait for sighted help in safe = =3D =3D3D >mode > > > and have the other backup OS. > > > > > > At the moment the only real difference in the other OS is that I =3D have =3D3D >=3D3D3D > >not > > > installed xp service pack 2 upgrade. It has obviously identical > >processor, > > > memory, usb ports and devices etc. > > > > > > I just went over to it, installed the transfer software and presto > >bookport > > > is recognised and works perfectly on that second OS. > > > > > > Come back to my main OS and the software just doesn't recognise it. > > > > > > I am now guessing service pack2 has reacted with my system. > > > > > > I will have to uninstall service pack2 to test this theory. 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