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Subject: [Leica] M9 firmware upload problems
From: bill at grimwood.net (Bill Grimwood)
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:45:20 -0500
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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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