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Subject: [Leica] M9 firmware upload problems
From: bill at grimwood.net (Bill Grimwood)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:02:20 -0500
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I copied the unzipped file to the harddrive.  Then I formatted the card in 
the camera.  Next I put the card in the computer and deleted the DCIM 
directory so there are no directories.  Next I copied and pasted the file to 
the SD card.  I put the SD card in the camera.  Still nothing!!!

Bill




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Man" <richard at imagecraft.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 firmware upload problems


> That's your problem. Don;t worry about the DCIM directory. Just copy the
> .upd file to the root directory of the card, e.g. i:\ or whatever it is 
> for
> your system.
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Bill Grimwood <bill at grimwood.net> wrote:
>
>> The only thing I can figure out is it is not in the root directory.  I
>> delete DCIM which is the only directory but after installing the card in 
>> the
>> camera and taking it out DCIM shows up again?
>>
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Hopkinson" 
>> <hopsternew at gmail.com
>> >
>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 4:40 PM
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 firmware upload problems
>>
>>
>>  OK well thinking outside the box, what firmware does your camera report 
>> is
>>> currently installed?
>>> Apart from that I can only suggest that you have missed something. I 
>>> know
>>> you think that you haven't, that's why it's called missing ;-). Confirm
>>> tht
>>> you are using the unzipped version of the file. Format the card again in
>>> your computer. eject it properly, insert in your camera and format with
>>> that. Copy the unzipped file TO THE ROOT of the card in your computer,
>>> eject
>>> it properly. Make sure that you have a charged battery and try again.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Geoff
>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10 September 2010 07:33, Bill Grimwood <bill at grimwood.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Yes it recognizes the card.
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <
>>>> hopsternew at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 4:24 PM
>>>>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 firmware upload problems
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bill when you insert the card, does the camera recognise it? That is 
>>>> does
>>>>
>>>>> it
>>>>> say 400 exposures remaining or similar?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Geoff
>>>>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10 September 2010 07:22, Bill Grimwood <bill at grimwood.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have followed the instructions exactly several times.
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Man" <
>>>>>> richard at imagecraft.com
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 3:52 PM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] M9 firmware upload problems
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Did you follow the instructions exactly? e.g. turning it on etc.? 
>>>>>> Make
>>>>>> sure
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  to format the card on your camera and that it's a functional card on
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> camera. Make sure your battery is mostly charged also.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's correct that there is only one file. The way these embedded
>>>>>>> systems
>>>>>>> work is that the firmware sees a magic file on your SD card, and 
>>>>>>> then
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> knows it loads it up into its internal memory.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Bill Grimwood <bill at grimwood.net>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I have downloaded the firmware upgrade on to my SD card and 
>>>>>>> extracted
>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  appears to be only one file.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am about to go nuts because the camera does not ask if I want to
>>>>>>>> upgrade.
>>>>>>>> I have the unzipped file in the DCIM directory and have tried it by
>>>>>>>> deleting
>>>>>>>> the DCIM directory and have had it in both and nothing seems to 
>>>>>>>> work.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have had the file m9-1_138.upd as the only file on the card and
>>>>>>>> still
>>>>>>>> nothing?????
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The instructions seem somewhat unclear to a non-techie like me.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Can anyone help me?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bill Grimwood
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>
>
>
> -- 
> // richard <http://www.imagecraft.com/>
> // icc blog: <http://imagecraft.wordpress.com>
> // photo blog: <http://www.5pmlight.com>
> [ For technical support on ImageCraft products, please include all 
> previous
> replies in your msgs. ]
>
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