Might have ruined firmware!
Might have ruined firmware! Posted on: 04.11.2008 by Mac Fly I might have ruined my firmware... I got to the step where you remove the cable harness and continued until i pressed program flash and everything worked fine. I believe i got confused on the last steps. After everything was complete, to see if the computer would recognise the vci with the new upgrade, I assembled it back together and plugged in and powered on my vci to the computer. The computer wouldnt even recognise the usb and no lights turned on! So i took it apart again and tried downloading the firmware with 2 cables attached and my chip still installed because i was somewhat deceived by that part of the video, This never worked either, I enterchanged both ways of installing the update numerous times with both one and two cables attached whiile the back plate of the vci was opened and got farther bad results. Im not sure if im missing something small on the very last step or if i completely ruined my firmware ?? Im am also believeing that maybe my usb connection for my vci wasnt even working during the firmware update process??? Ean do you have any idea of what im doing or did wrong??? | |
| Mac Fly 04.11.2008 | I might have ruined my firmware... I got to the step where you remove the cable harness and continued until i pressed program flash and everything worked fine. I believe i got confused on the last steps. After everything was complete, to see if the computer would recognise the vci with the new upgrade, I assembled it back together and plugged in and powered on my vci to the computer. The computer wouldnt even recognise the usb and no lights turned on! So i took it apart again and tried downloading the firmware with 2 cables attached and my chip still installed because i was somewhat deceived by that part of the video, This never worked either, I enterchanged both ways of installing the update numerous times with both one and two cables attached whiile the back plate of the vci was opened and got farther bad results. Im not sure if im missing something small on the very last step or if i completely ruined my firmware ?? Im am also believeing that maybe my usb connection for my vci wasnt even working during the firmware update process??? Ean do you have any idea of what im doing or did wrong??? |
| Adolf Hit 07.11.2008 | Yeah dude you definitely need to extract the .mot file. Pretty shitty that the software allows you to select it in the first place |
| Eli Hergonz 07.11.2008 | To zip it, or unzip it: that is the question!!! |
| 07.11.2008 | why is it telling you that you loaded this file: C:\Users\Al\Desktop\vci-100se_13_firmware.zip??? you need to unzip that file first and load the .mot file |
| Mac Fly 07.11.2008 | I really don't no, I followed the video step by step and looked at the community
inside out. Maybe its just me missing something small, im not sure, i hope not anywas. The flash installs every time. I get a random pop up at the end of my installation of the flash that says:" This file is not an SRecord. Loading as raw data." and then it begins to download some more. Im not sure what that means or if thats supposed to happen. Here is what the software tells me: OS: Windows Vista/Server 2008 [Non-Admin] Clock Frequency (External) = 24.0000MHz, Clock Mode = 0, CKM = 1, and CKP = N/A Connecting to device 'H8/3052F' on 'COM5' Configuration: 'BOOT Mode' connection - using emulated interface Opening port 'COM5' ... Loading Comms DLL Loaded Comms DLL Initiating BOOT SCI sequence Attempting 9600 Received immediate response from device: 0xAA Using micro-Kernel : 'C:\Program Files\Renesas\FDT4.02\kernels\ProtB\3052\Renesas\1 _2_00\uGen3052.cde' Downloading and verifying micro kernel... Device is erasing... Erase Timeout value set to 21 seconds Erase Successful micro-Kernel download successful Sending inquiry for getting line size Buffer size has been set to default (128 bytes) Sending selection of device command Selection of Device - Device selected, code 0302 Sending selection of clock mode Sending selection of clock mode Selection of Clock Mode - Clock selected, code 0 Changing baud rate to 38400 bps Set baud rate value = 38400 Downloading main kernel 'C:\Program Files\Renesas\FDT4.02\kernels\ProtB\3052\Renesas\1 _2_00\Genm3052.cde' Main kernel download complete... Connection complete Processing file :"C:\Users\Al\Desktop\vci-100se_13_firmware.zip" Processing file :"C:\Users\Al\Desktop\vci-100se_13_firmware.zip" Operation on User Flash Downloaded the operation module Writing image to device... [0x00000000 - 0x00005FFF] Data programmed at the following positions: 0x00000000 - 0x00005FFF Length : 0x00006000 24 K programmed in 33 seconds Image successfully written to device My only guess is that im still in boot mode some how? But when the vci is in boot mode is the computer supposed to still recognize the usb for the vci?? |
| 06.11.2008 | this is the first report we have received of a VCI-100 not working after the firmware upgrade so I would not be too concerned. It sounds like you may have never successfully installed the firmware and instead interrupted it in the middle of the process. I would recommend very carefully following the steps in the video and this community precisely. Please don't try and combinations of cables or steps. There is only ONE right way to do this. Once you have a successful firmware upgrade (I.E. your computer displays success at the end) then test your VCI and lets see what happens then. Its sounds like you never finished the update correctly. |
| Mac Fly 06.11.2008 | Nope i didnt have any usb controller updates before the firmware flash. But as you said my midi controller seems pretty much useless as of now. If anybody with some knowledge of this type of stuff could help me out and point me in the right direction it would be great. |
| Random X 06.11.2008 | I will try to keep it as short and understandable as possible. When I updated my PC to Vista, I also updated my mainbord's USB controller drivers. This resulted in my USB ports rendering my BCR(MIDIcontroller) useless. I had the same issues as you have. All devices working, except for my controller. I reinstalled Vista, left the USB controller drivers update out of the picture, and my MIDIcontroller worked again. So that's why I asked if you had any USB controller updates before you flashed your VCI firmware. |
| Mac Fly 06.11.2008 | I tried turning on my vci with the firmware chip attached and also tried turning it on the original way before i started messing around with it. I tried doing this on every usb port on my computer....nothing worked. I checked that all usb ports work on my computer by plugging in my soundcard to each of them. The soundcard works fine on all the ports.... |
| Mac Fly 06.11.2008 | I had a usb driver update for my usb to serial cord i recently purchased if thats what you are talking about? |
| Random X 06.11.2008 | You haven't had any USB driver update since the firmware update? |
| Mac Fly 06.11.2008 | yes it is a laptop and no led's light up what so ever |
| Adolf Hit 05.11.2008 | Is your computer a laptop? When you plug the VCI in do any of the led's light up at all? |
| Mac Fly 05.11.2008 | but the vci still will not be recognized, i hope i never broke the vci some how, i will be crushed... |
| Mac Fly 05.11.2008 | yes i plugged in my soundcard to the usb i used for the upgrade and the computer recognized it fine |
| Adolf Hit 05.11.2008 | Hi Abryne7, First of don't panic, the Vestax engineers were smart enough to design the VCI with a separate boot loader area. In plain English that means even though it is dead now we should be able to solve your problem. To begin with we need to do a little trouble shooting. Can you confirm that the USB port on the PC you are using for the upgrade is OK. Do this by plugging in another USB device and make sure it works as intended, preferably this would be a sound card or another controller, some thing that sucks a bit more juice than a keyboard. |
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