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  • bableprint@gmail.com
    Junior Member
    • Jun 2022
    • 8

    #1

    Firmware For Konica Minolta Bizhub C550

    Hi,
    I got Error Code C163
    Any one who have Firmware for Konica Minolta Bizhub C550 Please?
    My Email: bableprint@gmail.com

    With Warm Regards,
  • emujo2
    Service Manager

    1,000+ Posts
    • Mar 2017
    • 1580

    #2
    Re: Firmware For Konica Minolta Bizhub C550

    Yeah..good luck with this..The C550 requires a very antiquated CF card, and the firmware tool to write the F/w to the card, and I do not think the f/w tool will run on Win 10..Time to upgrade. Ed

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    • femaster
      Service Manager

      1,000+ Posts
      • May 2011
      • 1458

      #3
      Re: Firmware For Konica Minolta Bizhub C550

      Originally posted by emujo2
      Yeah..good luck with this..The C550 requires a very antiquated CF card, and the firmware tool to write the F/w to the card, and I do not think the f/w tool will run on Win 10..Time to upgrade. Ed
      I'm with you on this one. Unless they have a proper CF card, the tool to write the firmware to the CF card, and an old enough PC running an antiquated version of Windows, they are out of luck.

      I believe that the firmware tool does "run" on all versions of Windows, but it definitely does not "work" on all of them. On newer versions of Windows the tool can not properly write to the CF card. I believe that the last official version of Windows that the Firmware Imaging Toolkit supported was XP, though I think that it did work on the 32-bit version of Windows Vista also. It might work on 32-bit Windows 7, but I don't recall for sure. It does not work on any version of Win 8 or newer.
      A Ricoh Service Tech for 7 year. A Konica Minolta Service Tech for 7 years. Now, KM service manager for 4 years.
      My Ricoh knowledge is slowly dwindling away at this point. Many things have been lost to time...

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      • techsxge
        Senior Tech

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        500+ Posts
        • Jan 2022
        • 660

        #4
        Re: Firmware For Konica Minolta Bizhub C550

        Originally posted by femaster
        I'm with you on this one. Unless they have a proper CF card, the tool to write the firmware to the CF card, and an old enough PC running an antiquated version of Windows, they are out of luck.

        I believe that the firmware tool does "run" on all versions of Windows, but it definitely does not "work" on all of them. On newer versions of Windows the tool can not properly write to the CF card. I believe that the last official version of Windows that the Firmware Imaging Toolkit supported was XP, though I think that it did work on the 32-bit version of Windows Vista also. It might work on 32-bit Windows 7, but I don't recall for sure. It does not work on any version of Win 8 or newer.
        Well, there are two options for him: Run the program in compatibility mode within windows 10 (right click, properties, compatibility) or set up a local vm with either hyperv or vmware

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        • Synthohol
          Certified Konica Expert

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          5,000+ Posts
          • Mar 2016
          • 5737

          #5
          Re: Firmware For Konica Minolta Bizhub C550

          any laptop with a built-in CF card slot is old enough to do the job
          We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two.
          The medication helps though...

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          • copier tech
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            • Jan 2014
            • 8103

            #6
            Re: Firmware For Konica Minolta Bizhub C550

            Originally posted by bableprint@gmail.com
            Hi,
            I got Error Code C163
            Any one who have Firmware for Konica Minolta Bizhub C550 Please?
            My Email: bableprint@gmail.com

            With Warm Regards,

            Happy to help, drop us an email.

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            • femaster
              Service Manager

              1,000+ Posts
              • May 2011
              • 1458

              #7
              Re: Firmware For Konica Minolta Bizhub C550

              Originally posted by techsxge
              Well, there are two options for him: Run the program in compatibility mode within windows 10 (right click, properties, compatibility) or set up a local vm with either hyperv or vmware
              We've tried compatibility mode, and it still wasn't able to properly write to the card. The last time we had to use a CF card, our IT guy installed a copy of Windows XP in a virtual machine on our server and even then had to pull a lot of strings to get it to write the card correctly. It's not worth the headache.
              A Ricoh Service Tech for 7 year. A Konica Minolta Service Tech for 7 years. Now, KM service manager for 4 years.
              My Ricoh knowledge is slowly dwindling away at this point. Many things have been lost to time...

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              • JasonSBE
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                100+ Posts
                • Apr 2014
                • 183

                #8
                Re: Firmware For Konica Minolta Bizhub C550

                If you're not able to update with a CF card(I always had trouble doing so on these and the C353 series, even when CF cards were abundant), you may consider trying Internet ISW on a laptop plugged directly into the MFP with manual network settings. I was able to successfully update many C650/C353 series machines using this method, though it is a bit of a pain to get the settings right.

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                • rrrohan
                  Service Manager

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                  • Sep 2011
                  • 1977

                  #9
                  Re: Firmware For Konica Minolta Bizhub C550

                  contribute to the forum first

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                  • Synaux
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                    • Mar 2012
                    • 1224

                    #10
                    Re: Firmware For Konica Minolta Bizhub C550

                    Originally posted by femaster
                    We've tried compatibility mode, and it still wasn't able to properly write to the card. The last time we had to use a CF card, our IT guy installed a copy of Windows XP in a virtual machine on our server and even then had to pull a lot of strings to get it to write the card correctly. It's not worth the headache.
                    I am 99.9% pretty-kinda-sure the tool works in win7.
                    USB CF card readers are still around and he might still be able to find these somewhere (only card I know works--DO NOT format!):
                    51PN9E8DYDL._SY355_.jpg
                    The OP is claiming to be from Ethiopia. Machine is probably from the EU or the states.
                    I strongly suggest contributing to the site and I will shake some of the dust off some folders try to remember what the latest version is and send it.

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                    • femaster
                      Service Manager

                      1,000+ Posts
                      • May 2011
                      • 1458

                      #11
                      Re: Firmware For Konica Minolta Bizhub C550

                      Originally posted by Synaux
                      I am 99.9% pretty-kinda-sure the tool works in win7.
                      USB CF card readers are still around and he might still be able to find these somewhere (only card I know works--DO NOT format!):
                      [ATTACH=CONFIG]53927[/ATTACH]
                      Yeah, I am also fairly certain that the software does work in Windows 7, provided you have the 32-bit version. I don't think it was compatible with Win 7 64-bit. And as you said, and it that can't be stressed enough, DO NOT EVER FORMAT the CF card in Windows, no matter how much Windows cries that the CF card needs to be, just don't!
                      A Ricoh Service Tech for 7 year. A Konica Minolta Service Tech for 7 years. Now, KM service manager for 4 years.
                      My Ricoh knowledge is slowly dwindling away at this point. Many things have been lost to time...

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