Ricoh field service card

[ComputerMonkey]

ok i have a card that "should" work is there any special formatting involved or is it plug and play now?

if it is special can someone make a clone image of your card and send it to me?

[Jomama46]

What kind of card are you talking about? Firmware update? 4M or 64M?

[Star]

Sd? Pcmcia? Visa? Mastercard?

[ComputerMonkey]

its a pcmcia compact flash adaptor that im trying to make work

[iMind]

Is this what you looking for:
MCERICOH - XP V1.00 Demo

credits to Ricoh-ono

[ComputerMonkey]

nope it wont install so im useing elan memeory card explorer i just need to know how the card needs to be formated to work in the copier

[KopyKat]

its a pcmcia compact flash adaptor that im trying to make work

Is it the recommended 4MB Card? If not good luck. I had a co-worker spend days trying to make a generic card work with no luck. Several of us even offered to loan him one of our cards but his bullheadedness was determined to MAKE that card work. In the end the correct card was used.

As for the format I have never formatted a pcmcia card for firmware. It writes in binary to the card. The only thing I always do is set it to erase the card before writing the new data.

Here is the help file for the Ricoh MCE.

[KopyKat]

....Visa? Mastercard?

Thanks for the giggle!

[ComputerMonkey]

no the card is a generic pcmcia compact flash adaptor
my boss dosent want to pay close to $200 for the right one and he got this one for $15

so is there any chance this thing will work? lol

[FRIDGEMAGNET]

no the card is a generic pcmcia compact flash adaptor
my boss dosent want to pay close to $200 for the right one and he got this one for $15

so is there any chance this thing will work? lol

Why dont you try it.
If it works great - happy days!!
If not - get the correct one!

[KopyKat]

no the card is a generic pcmcia compact flash adaptor
my boss dosent want to pay close to $200 for the right one and he got this one for $15

so is there any chance this thing will work? lol

Chances are its not going to work. The machines that use the pcmcia card only recognize a 4MB card...at least that's what Ricoh told us in training. I was lucky enough to go to training way back when Ricoh was handing them out to the students everytime you went to a class. They stopped when they realized how much they cost.

Try these contacting folks...we buy all our memory from them and I believe they may carry the 4mb proprietary card for use in the Ricoh products.

Memory Experts International - CANRAM copier memory, printer memory, fax memory, pc memory and copier cabinets

[ComputerMonkey]

main problem is getting the boss to pay for it.... wonder if i can find a 4 meg cf card

[zyqwiz]

What model are you trying to update? The ones that use them are so old now, I can't remember the last time I had to flash a card to update a copier.

[rocket]

NO-Generic brand on this

The Ricoh pcmcia cards can not be replaced with an off the shelf card. They look & feel the same but there is an internal difference to the Ricoh cards. Your boss will have to get you the tools you need to do the job right. He has already wasted more money on you trying to format the wrong card than what the Ricoh card would have cost in the first place.

[Jomama46]

Couldnt have said it better myself!