Mpc 2500/3000 mpc 3500 firmware

[nirvan45]

besides the above symptoms, copier works fine.
After removing sd card, on power on functions the way it should.

Well anyone can send me rfu files, I can proceed that way

[totoro]

Try putting the files directly into the romdata folder and deleting the b222 folder. I have had issues with the sub folders being used. What brand of SD card are you using? The machines don't seem to like no-name or knock-off brands. If it is a well known brand name card then then you might want to try a different brand. I will post back if I can think of anything else.

[nirvan45]

Thanks guys
I really appreciate responding in a wkend like this one.

as you all may know 2 gig is the smallest one I can find off the shelf.
Looking through ebay for smaller, but will take a few days to get in.
using a patriot memory for now, will look to a sandisk.
Try to partition it smaller size to get away, but no such option available.
Thanks again
I also tried it in root directory of romdata w/ same result
Going to try a few options today, any more tip will be greatful.

[teebee1234]

I think TonerMunkeh is correct as far as the controller being the issue, but I've used 2g cards exclusively with no problem. Here is Global Knowledge Base answer regarding the SC819 on this model....

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SC819 occurs
[Symptom]

SC819 occurs.

SC670 and 991 are also logged on multiple occasions.

SC819: Kernel stopped

• SCS process ended for some unknown reason. gwinit process ends (gwinit specification), kernel errors and stops (kernel specification).
• In the case of system processes using too much RAM. In the case of the CPU cache error TRAP occurring.
• If a mismatch is detected inside the OS.

[Cause]

Controller board

Removing and replacing the HDD and controller temporarily restores the device with copy, fax and printer functions all normal but after turning the power off and on a few times and awakening from preheating, the problem reoccurs at the Please Wait screen (remote diagnostic device error also occurs).

[Resolution]

Replace controller. After replacing, initialize and write the RC Gate certificate.

Replacing the HDD does not solve it (this is a temporary fix so the address book can be backed up and restore performed after replacing the HDD)
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*Found a tech bulletin in regards to SD card size, turns out 2G is the maximum supported

[nirvan45]

Wow who would have think
Considering low memory sd cards are gone to lala land for a few yrs, you think they would upgrade interface on these boards to accept larger sd cards.
My problem was the size of sd card
Took a sd card from another machine size 32 meg cleaned and loaded the firmware, proceeded to upgrade with no problem.

[KenB]

These machines seem to be extremely particular on the size and brand of the card being used.

It may sound a bit elementary, but find yourself a place online to get a bunch of 1 GB or smaller name brand cards, and stash 'em somewhere until needed.

About a year ago, I got a dozen Sandisk 512 MB cards for about $3.00 each. These work just fine in any Ricoh that uses SD cards.

[teebee1234]

Also, Ricoh promotes the use of Panasonic SD card formatting software. I couldn't find the specific link but here is one given out by the SD association. There is a difference between formatting using your desktop OS and SD specific formatting tools.

SD card formatter

[Gift]

Yeah some ricoh's are a bit pickey with SD cards - it's important to prepare them with the panasonic tool like teebee stated. Plus some machines don't like cards with >1GB and some don't like cards of specific brands. I never had any issues with sandisc or toshiba cards with 128/256/ or 512 meg.

[knightfall]

out of curiosity did you shut down the copier before putting in the sd card then power up? this causes problems for the copier and controller bd if not.