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  • thurmmy
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    • Aug 2016
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    MP 201 SC 670/firmware update

    OK, so I attempted to do a firmware update on a MP 201, got a SC 670. I know what happened as per previous threads. I have the copier up and running with another BICU and presently have another controller box installed. My question is, is the old controller box shot with the wrong engine firmware? Should/can I put original NVRAM into the controller that is now in to get my s/n etc. back? Hope I'm making sense. I just don't want to destroy another BICU. Thank you in advance.
    Tags: bicu, box, controller, firmware, update
    • GIUBOSS
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      • Jul 2013
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      Re: MP 201 SC 670/firmware update

      why the firmware update? 1) it may happen that the firmware is not loaded correctly or for the damaged file or for the incorrect or damaged sd card. 2) sc670 BICU defective but it can also be there
      Defective controller board. The incorrect firmware update sends the NVRAM to a block and must be replaced or reset. Probably the BICU is not damaged but inhibited by the NVRAM.

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        • Polarbear
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          • Feb 2012
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          Re: MP 201 SC 670/firmware update

          Originally posted by GIUBOSS
          why the firmware update? 1) it may happen that the firmware is not loaded correctly or for the damaged file or for the incorrect or damaged sd card. 2) sc670 BICU defective but it can also be there
          Defective controller board. The incorrect firmware update sends the NVRAM to a block and must be replaced or reset. Probably the BICU is not damaged but inhibited by the NVRAM.
          There was a time, while the MP201 was being sold, when there was a tsunami in one of the industrial areas in Japan, that totally disabled one of the factories where the main boards for the 201 were being made.

          Ricoh switched to a different supplier and with this one of the main chips on the board also changed (therefore the SC670 if the wrong firmware is loaded on the wrong board).

          To my knowledge there is no recovery for this other than to replace the board in question.
          Press the GREEN button!!

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            • thurmmy
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              Re: MP 201 SC 670/firmware update

              That is exactly what happened. So anyone who is doing fwu. make sure you are using the correct engine firmware.

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                • Oze
                  Ricoh Fanboy

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                  • Jul 2008
                  • 1663
                  #5
                  Re: MP 201 SC 670/firmware update

                  Originally posted by thurmmy
                  That is exactly what happened. So anyone who is doing fwu. make sure you are using the correct engine firmware.
                  Where did you get the original firmware from?
                  Coz THIS is the message that we have on the Official My Ricoh site :
                  Attached Files

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                    • slimslob
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                      • May 2013
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                      Re: MP 201 SC 670/firmware update

                      Originally posted by Oze
                      Where did you get the original firmware from?
                      Coz THIS is the message that we have on the Official My Ricoh site :
                      That's because they need to check which controller board you have.

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                        • copier tech
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                          • Jan 2014
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                          Re: MP 201 SC 670/firmware update

                          Originally posted by thurmmy
                          OK, so I attempted to do a firmware update on a MP 201, got a SC 670. I know what happened as per previous threads. I have the copier up and running with another BICU and presently have another controller box installed. My question is, is the old controller box shot with the wrong engine firmware? Should/can I put original NVRAM into the controller that is now in to get my s/n etc. back? Hope I'm making sense. I just don't want to destroy another BICU. Thank you in advance.
                          On this old discontinued mono model there is no benefit in updating the firmware.
                          Let us eat, drink, and be merry, because tomorrow we may die!

                          For all your firmware & service manual needs please visit us at:

                          www.copierfirmware.co.uk - www.printerfirmware.co.uk
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