[Misc] Konica Minolta Bizhub i series storage board (STRGB)

[copier tech]

Quick question, regarding the known storage board issues, usually not booting up / stuck at 25% or 50%

We had this exact issue on a C250i, fitted a new STRGB followed the service manual, updated firmware etc etc device came to ready, job done.

Now I took the old storage board away, connected to a USB caddy in a laptop (recommended by Konica Minolta UK) & was I able to format the STRGB in Windows, delete all partitions to effectively create a 'new' storage board.

I have yet to try this memory board in another i series device.

Interested to hear your views on this.

This is the device we used.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H22BV1N?th=1

[elmaligno]

Re: Konica Minolta Bizhub i series storage board (STRGB)

Quick question, regarding the known storage board issues, usually not booting up / stuck at 25% or 50%

We had this exact issue on a C250i, fitted a new STRGB followed the service manual, updated firmware etc etc device came to ready, job done.

Now I took the old storage board away, connected to a USB caddy in a laptop (recommended by Konica Minolta UK) & was I able to format the STRGB in Windows, delete all partitions to effectively create a 'new' storage board.

I have yet to try this memory board in another i series device.

Interested to hear your views on this.

This is the device we used.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H22BV1N?th=1

If the STRGB is not physically damaged, you can connect it to a computer, erase the partitions and format it in FAT32, and it would be ready to work on another computer, suitable for any model of the "i" series.
But it is even easier to make the partition on the machine itself with the "magic sequence", as long as it allows us to boot with the USB that contains the FW.

[tsbservice]

Re: Konica Minolta Bizhub i series storage board (STRGB)

If the STRGB is not physically damaged, you can connect it to a computer, erase the partitions and format it in FAT32, and it would be ready to work on another computer, suitable for any model of the "i" series.
But it is even easier to make the partition on the machine itself with the "magic sequence", as long as it allows us to boot with the USB that contains the FW.

Do you mean that we can put troubled SSD into working machine and try "magic sequence"?
We have a couple of replaced SSDs sitting on the shelf, can we revive some?

[elmaligno]

Re: Konica Minolta Bizhub i series storage board (STRGB)

Do you mean that we can put troubled SSD into working machine and try "magic sequence"?
We have a couple of replaced SSDs sitting on the shelf, can we revive some?

[copier tech]

Re: Konica Minolta Bizhub i series storage board (STRGB)

Do you mean that we can put troubled SSD into working machine and try "magic sequence"?
We have a couple of replaced SSDs sitting on the shelf, can we revive some?

This is what I was hoping, mine was corrupted, but worked fine when fitted to this caddy.

So in the caddy do I delete all partitions so the board is basically blank & I can use it in another i series ?

The 'magic' sequence is attached below.

BootProgram_Update.pdf

[elmaligno]

Re: Konica Minolta Bizhub i series storage board (STRGB)

This is what I was hoping, mine was corrupted, but worked fine when fitted to this caddy.

So in the caddy do I delete all partitions so the board is basically blank & I can use it in another i series ?

The 'magic' sequence is attached below.

[ATTACH]61536[/ATTACH]

That is right

[jayschrodter]

Re: Konica Minolta Bizhub i series storage board (STRGB)

We had some that tested okay in a caddy but would not work in the machine for whatever reason. You could read and write ok on the computer however.
Seems to mostly work great to clean the drive in disk part and then initialize the drive as raw.

[Albonline]

Re: Konica Minolta Bizhub i series storage board (STRGB)

This is what I was hoping, mine was corrupted, but worked fine when fitted to this caddy.

So in the caddy do I delete all partitions so the board is basically blank & I can use it in another i series ?

The 'magic' sequence is attached below.
[ATTACH]61536[/ATTACH]

I use testdisk in the caddy. clear it partition and format fat 32, hammer with testing ap for a few days ,if no problems, clear it to raw with the testdisk ap and reuse in copier. I have found that the early ssds actually failed, while the later ones where just corrupt.

[tsbservice]

Quick question, regarding the known storage board issues, usually not booting up / stuck at 25% or 50%

We had this exact issue on a C250i, fitted a new STRGB followed the service manual, updated firmware etc etc device came to ready, job done.

Now I took the old storage board away, connected to a USB caddy in a laptop (recommended by Konica Minolta UK) & was I able to format the STRGB in Windows, delete all partitions to effectively create a 'new' storage board.

I have yet to try this memory board in another i series device.

Interested to hear your views on this.

This is the device we used.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H22BV1N?th=1

Do you happen to test this yet?

[Gift]

Re: Konica Minolta Bizhub i series storage board (STRGB)

We had some that tested okay in a caddy but would not work in the machine for whatever reason. You could read and write ok on the computer however.
Seems to mostly work great to clean the drive in disk part and then initialize the drive as raw.

Same here, wiped drives work fine on PCs and even the KM does rebuild it's partitions but won't accept the drive afterwards. Guess you have to run the reset tool but then you'll loose all data/counter.

One might use a donator C300i and run the reset tool with a "faulty" drive installed and instead of rebooting the MFP just shut it down after the reset procedure and uninstall the drive.
Perhaps a storage board treated this way can be use as a replacement in other units.

Cases with faulty drives has become very very rare compared to the amount of issues we had after the iSeries launch so I didn't really investigated in that matter.

[jayschrodter]

We have good luck with most of the drives in a caddy other than Toshiba ones. They seem to just fail. They get that hot they can’t even be touched.
later firmware seems to have mostly resolved the issue for us!

[4Toon]

Quick question, regarding the known storage board issues, usually not booting up / stuck at 25% or 50%

We had this exact issue on a C250i, fitted a new STRGB followed the service manual, updated firmware etc etc device came to ready, job done.

Now I took the old storage board away, connected to a USB caddy in a laptop (recommended by Konica Minolta UK) & was I able to format the STRGB in Windows, delete all partitions to effectively create a 'new' storage board.

I have yet to try this memory board in another i series device.

Interested to hear your views on this.

This is the device we used.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H22BV1N?th=1

Maybe Call HyTech and talk to their support team they rebuild SSD all the time maybe they will lead you in the right direction to reformat it. Here is the # and the ext. for the Konica Tech

800.883.1001 - 407.297.1001

Konica Minolta
Vjay Rampersad
Extension: 3150

[plus-COPY]

We have good luck with most of the drives in a caddy other than Toshiba ones. They seem to just fail. They get that hot they can’t even be touched.
later firmware seems to have mostly resolved the issue for us!

Our observations show that STRGB is damaged like a regular SSD or blocked to write as a result of unauthorized action.We use disks from a source other than KM and the problem disappeared. There is no need to format and delete partitions on the PC, I don't really understand what the need is.

[enricocopyline]

is it possible to have the firmware aa2j0y0-1e00-g00-24?

thanks

[Duplicator]

is it possible to have the firmware aa2j0y0-1e00-g00-24?

thanks

That is a really really old firmware. Are you asking for that version for the boot rom update? That key sequence works all the way up to the newest firmware from Konica. No need to use the old one.