dm1127 Posted March 3, 2009 Share #1 Posted March 3, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) i installed the firmware update 2.004 this morning excitedly, anticipating discreet mode. during the update the red line frame of a warning screen popped up, no words made it onto the LCD. it stayed like that for about 5 minutes. i shut the camera down and powered it up. nothing. i switched to a clean card, nothing. i tried booting with a new 2GB card with the firmware update on it, nothing. the status light in the lower right of the LCD, the red one, goes on when i change the battery for about 20 seconds but then of course, nothing. can someone suggest a way to reboot to a default state so i can try the update again. or am i dreaming and it's going to have to go to NEW JERSEY!? i am assuming that the update crashed mid-way through and now the camera has no operating system. if anyone can help... please HELP! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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t024484 Posted March 3, 2009 Share #2 Posted March 3, 2009 It seems that you have a problem that can only be solved by Leica. This is why I suggested a checksum as from the 2.005 update, to prevent this kind of disaster. good luck, Hans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Valdemar Posted March 3, 2009 Share #3 Posted March 3, 2009 Probably user error. Try to recall step by step where you made a mistake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted March 3, 2009 Share #4 Posted March 3, 2009 Hans may be right I'm afraid - sounds like a corrupted firmware. You may want to try removing the battery and leaving for 24 hours and trying again. Bummer - you have my sympathy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 3, 2009 Share #5 Posted March 3, 2009 Can anybody post what the exact size of the .upd file on the SD card should be? Easy enough to make a manual check. Btw. This can happen if the SD card is not removed from the reader safely. Easy enough to do.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
canlogic Posted March 3, 2009 Share #6 Posted March 3, 2009 I had the same issue, I think with version 2.0 I had to send it to NJ and was told one of the circuit boards fried. They replaced it under warranty and I had it back within a week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 3, 2009 Share #7 Posted March 3, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well, I would not be too pleased if it happened to me... Commiserations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
moikle Posted March 3, 2009 Share #8 Posted March 3, 2009 Can anybody post what the exact size of the .upd file on the SD card should be? Easy enough to make a manual check. Btw. This can happen if the SD card is not removed from the reader safely. Easy enough to do.... Mine shows 4.78 MB and was successful. Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm1127 Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share #9 Posted March 3, 2009 i think for now i will wait 24 hours for the internal battery to die and then try again (also Leica's suggestion). the card i originally used for the install has the full 4.8 mb file on it, so that wasn't the issue. i am hopeful that a board didn't fry. fingers crossed. thank you everyone for all the information. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philippe D. Posted March 3, 2009 Share #10 Posted March 3, 2009 Can anybody post what the exact size of the .upd file on the SD card should be? It's 5 016 342 (the .upd not zipped). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehouseflogger Posted March 3, 2009 Share #11 Posted March 3, 2009 This is really unlucky. Size is 5,016,342 bytes Good luck - this would really p*** me off big time! Guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehouseflogger Posted March 3, 2009 Share #12 Posted March 3, 2009 Sorry for repeating - i did not check all the posts ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jevidon Posted March 3, 2009 Share #13 Posted March 3, 2009 Another problem is that the re-cocking of the shutter does not always occur when you let your finger off of the shutter release, necessitating turning the camera off and on again. But nine times out of ten it works o.k. Firmware 2.005, anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
koob Posted March 3, 2009 Share #14 Posted March 3, 2009 Can anybody post what the exact size of the .upd file on the SD card should be? Easy enough to make a manual check. Btw. This can happen if the SD card is not removed from the reader safely. Easy enough to do.... It is 5016.342 bytes. Your description is a little vague. After you choose to upgrade you get a progress bar, and it takes awhile before it shows anything, there is no word until it finishes the process, then it asks you to restart.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pem Posted March 3, 2009 Share #15 Posted March 3, 2009 I have installed the FW 2.004 with success. Here is the MD5 checksum: > md5 m8-2_004.upd MD5 (m8-2_004.upd) = 3ed0cf81b441f5c4a08393e274293333 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_tribble Posted March 3, 2009 Share #16 Posted March 3, 2009 Windows file size (unzipped) is given as 4.78 MB (5,017,600 bytes) by the operating system. DM1127 - are you able to report on the file size + the operating system you're working with? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlos diaz Posted March 3, 2009 Share #17 Posted March 3, 2009 I did not install the last firmware upgrade (before this new 2.004). Does anyone have knowledge of whether it will now be a problem upgrading to the latest 2.004? I suppose I could go back and load both.........maybe? Thanks for any help you might offer. CD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm1127 Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share #18 Posted March 3, 2009 sorry, i was a bit vague about the screen display. it started off as the usual progress bar, the next change was to the red frameline screen familiar for an alert message, that is where it locked up. i waited at least 5 minutes before powering the camera down to see if it would recover or if it had reached the update and just crashed before displaying the restart message. apparently it was something more sinister, i speculate of course. the firmware file size is showing on my desktop as 4.8mb. i am using MAC OSX 10.5.6. i only recently updated to the 2.002 firmware and that update went off without a hitch. so strange. i will see tomorrow morning if when the internal battery is dead if i can resurrect the camera. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted March 3, 2009 Share #19 Posted March 3, 2009 Windows file size (unzipped) is given as 4.78 MB (5,017,600 bytes) by the operating system.DM1127 - are you able to report on the file size + the operating system you're working with? Winzip will display the exact size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm1127 Posted March 3, 2009 Author Share #20 Posted March 3, 2009 the size of the file is: 5,016,342 bytes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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