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Hansoon
02-12-2015, 09:54 AM
Can't find the thread anymore here about what type and/or brand of CF-Card is best for upgrading the older BH-C-253/353 series. Any advise please?

Thanks

Hans

Synaux
02-12-2015, 04:29 PM
27990
I use these on everything - ensure you do not use anything larger that 256mb - and do not format, et cetera
TAUS0657446EN*
Description: Getting an invalid card error when loading firmware with a Crucialİ 128MB Compact Flash card.
Solution: CAUSE: The Crucialİ 128MB CF card is not supported.
SOLUTION: Load firmware using the recommended CF Card.
Note : The recommended card is the 128MB SanDiskİ Compact Flash card (p/n 7660 4036 01).



However, these do not work for some reason:

27991

Hansoon
02-15-2015, 09:57 AM
Thanks, anyone else with recommendations please? That Sandisk CF-Card is not available here in Europe.

Hans

paulrid
02-15-2015, 11:02 AM
Have you checked out ebay? I still find plenty on there.
Paul.

Hansoon
02-15-2015, 11:16 AM
There are Sandisk 128mb cards but not exactly the "Shoot&Store" one as Synaux mentioned.

Hans

paulrid
02-15-2015, 11:21 AM
I've had a few off ebay 128mb & 256mb which all worked for me.
Paul.

Synaux
02-15-2015, 05:13 PM
I bought a batch ~15 of em off ebay so I could have preloaded firmware for something stupid like $5.00 each.


SanDisk Shoot Store 128 MB CompactFlash I Card Retail SDCFS 128 A99 619659024413 | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/SanDisk-Shoot-Store-128-MB-CompactFlash-I-Card-Retail-SDCFS-128-A99/151512701423?_trksid=p2141725.c100338.m3726&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%2 6asc%3D20141212152715%26meid%3D8b80027a81224b9baa5 efdd0ac31e240%26pid%3D100338%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D30%2 6sd%3D171502469259)

Synaux
02-15-2015, 05:18 PM
Here is another one that has more time on it.
This one ships in USA, but that is a somewhat generic item to fill out on Ebay when posting items. Send them a message asking if they ship to Europe :)

There are plenty more, but for 3-4x more.

SanDisk Shoot Store 128 MB CompactFlash I Card SDCFS 128 A10 New 619659022624 | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/SanDisk-Shoot-Store-128-MB-CompactFlash-I-Card-SDCFS-128-A10-NEW-/161596648606?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item259fe92c9e)

Hansoon
04-26-2015, 06:07 PM
Guys, I never had to load a CF card with firmware (I know, I know...) now I need the firmware for the c-253 to be transferred to my brand new CF-Card.

I have the Firmware Imaging Toolkit and firmware files as follows:

"C253.img" and also "C253 R6 Firmware.EXE"

The Imaging Toolkit is asking me either for files:

"Indexed Firmware File" or "Compressed Firmware Image File" or "Uncompressed Firmware Image File"

What to take please?

Hans

(PS Though I'm an old goat in the copier business do I feel very unsure about the firmware issue for these - for me very - problematic series of machines. Thanks for understanding)

JR2ALTA
04-26-2015, 07:56 PM
I'll start you from scratch, just in case. This isn't the worst way to update firmware, but I admit it's not as easy as USB. You need a CF card and a couple backups. You cannot format in Windows. You must format inside the Toolkit and of course you need a card reader.

Firmware-

Run the R6 .exe it will extract files into a folder called "card_work" this is where the file is that the Toolkit needs.


Toolkit

Click Settings.

Select Advanced Features.

Click Format Card and format it

Click write firmware to a card, browse the "card_work" and it will select the tar.gz file

Synaux
04-26-2015, 11:06 PM
I'll start you from scratch, just in case. This isn't the worst way to update firmware, but I admit it's not as easy as USB. You need a CF card and a couple backups. You cannot format in Windows. You must format inside the Toolkit and of course you need a card reader.

Firmware-

Run the R6 .exe it will extract files into a folder called "card_work" this is where the file is that the Toolkit needs.


Toolkit

Click Settings.

Select Advanced Features.

Click Format Card and format it

Click write firmware to a card, browse the "card_work" and it will select the tar.gz file

What? Never format the CF card...

JR2ALTA
04-26-2015, 11:35 PM
What? Never format the CF card...

Yea I've formatted it every time for the last 4 years. It can be formatted within the Toolkit, not Windows. That's why it's there.

Synaux
04-27-2015, 04:54 AM
Yea I've formatted it every time for the last 4 years. It can be formatted within the Toolkit, not Windows. That's why it's there.
Oh My bad. I suffer from selective reading sometimes...

Hansoon
04-28-2015, 04:34 PM
Tried today to install fresh firmware but obviously my card is wrong cause its shows following clumsy Japlish message in the display:

"Error. This is invalid card. Please make sure the card."

*sigh*

Firmware Imaging Toolkit is showing that its contains "Thames2" firmware and a long list of checksums.
Obviously can the machine not communicate with my card. I have a 256MB Transcend CF80 card. Other cards are hard to get. Will try to get one with 128MB.

Hans

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