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Tony @ MPH
January 3rd, 2008, 01:26 PM
Hi gang,

I'm sure it's something simple I'm missing here...

Upgraded my V2 to 2.4.70 using the old firmware flash utility. Bootblock is 2.4.10.

Explorer/Control panel does not recognize my V2 (says device not connected, acts like it's not even there at all). I have tried updating my USB drivers and have tried on both a Vista box and XP box.

I can only assume that some aspect of my firmware is a revision or more behind -- perhaps the bootblock? Based on the threads and documentation I've read it appears some new functionality has been added into the firmware and/or bootblock that Explorer needs to function properly... but as far as I can tell I can only update the bootblock through the new Explorer.

What'd I miss/do wrong?

Thanks,
Tony

lakingslayer
January 3rd, 2008, 01:42 PM
Just a guess but you might need to upgrade the boot block to 2.5.04. There is a Readme First.rtf file at http://forum.efilive.com/showthread.php?t=7015

This explains how to upgrade the boot block.

duramaximizer
January 3rd, 2008, 02:11 PM
Sounds like the same problem I am having. I did the firmware update on mine before the bootblock. The bootblock screwed everything up.

Tony @ MPH
January 3rd, 2008, 02:30 PM
Just a guess but you might need to upgrade the boot block to 2.5.04. There is a Readme First.rtf file at http://forum.efilive.com/showthread.php?t=7015

This explains how to upgrade the boot block.

Thanks -- I think you are 100% correct. The bootblock was outdated (as indicated by my post). I read the readme first doc several times but apparently I was downloading this from another thread -- the doc I had is different and does not include bootblock upgrade instructions.

Bootblock is updating now, wish me luck :)

Tony @ MPH
January 3rd, 2008, 02:34 PM
Upgrade done, everything went flawlessly. Thanks :) Now to play with some BBL! :master: