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  • alphablaster
    Technician
    • Nov 2020
    • 32

    Firmware on a mp301

    Hello everyone ! I did a firmware update on a Ricoh mp301 and now it doesn't work. I turn the power switch on and it's just remains at the "please wait" screen. Any ideas of what that might be ?
  • copier tech
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    • Jan 2014
    • 7931

    #2
    Re: Firmware on a mp301

    Originally posted by alphablaster
    Hello everyone ! I did a firmware update on a Ricoh mp301 and now it doesn't work. I turn the power switch on and it's just remains at the "please wait" screen. Any ideas of what that might be ?
    Did you update ALL the fw files of just some of them?

    If it has the HDD kit fitted disconnect it & power back on.
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    • mga
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      • Dec 2010
      • 1393

      #3
      Re: Firmware on a mp301

      Originally posted by copier tech
      Did you update ALL the fw files of just some of them?

      If it has the HDD kit fitted disconnect it & power back on.
      +1
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      • luca72
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        1,000+ Posts
        • Oct 2017
        • 1553

        #4
        Re: Firmware on a mp301

        Originally posted by alphablaster
        Hello everyone ! I did a firmware update on a Ricoh mp301 and now it doesn't work. I turn the power switch on and it's just remains at the "please wait" screen. Any ideas of what that might be ?

        practically if I understand correctly, did you update, and immediately did the problem?

        if so, the same thing happened to me on an mpc2004ex a year ago, if you've already done what copier tech says, and it didn't work, try this:

        on start-up type [clear] + 1 + 4 + 3 + cancel (5 times), and then try to reload only the "system copy"
        "loneliness is an invention of the white man, when we are alone we talk to everything around us, we are never alone" (Ojibwa)

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        • dalewb74
          Service Manager

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          • Feb 2018
          • 1064

          #5
          Re: Firmware on a mp301

          i am guessing you know the proper slot to install the firmware update from? though i have never tried it, my understanding is it can cause issues if not done in the proper way. that was one of the first things i learned as a ricoh tech.

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          • sandmanmac
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            • Feb 2009
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            #6
            Re: Firmware on a mp301

            Originally posted by dalewb74
            i am guessing you know the proper slot to install the firmware update from? though i have never tried it, my understanding is it can cause issues if not done in the proper way. that was one of the first things i learned as a ricoh tech.
            It can only be done from the lower slot. If firmware (romdata) card is installed in the wrong slot, the machine doesn't even recognize it and will just boot up normally. In short, installing the card in the wrong slot will not cause a problem.

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