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Title: Need Help, please share Original FW file named "mesv12us.zip" or "mesv12us.iso"
Post by: hlpmktu on August 13, 2021, 03:57:27 PM
Anyone, please help me sharing the Original FW. for my Gigabeat Mev30k, which I need to restore and update its FW.

Due to all links I found dead.

Thank you.

I don't know it's too late for posting this topic or not?

Thank you in advance. :D
Title: Re: Need Help, please share Original FW file named "mesv12us.zip" or "mesv12us.iso"
Post by: burkjavier on August 13, 2021, 06:32:30 PM
For the MEV series :  gbvk_update_1_1_us.exe
If useful, dropping that here -- https://mega.nz/file/bU4VWIhZ#hImFNfoOVYzrMvvTt-7DaR51O68A6bKf3avZDu16-yI

If looking for for the S series I have : gbs_update_1_3_us.exe
Dropped that one here : https://mega.nz/file/Dc4jkQLK#nRPlt8d6r6hwS5Hap7v0JkuPEI58-b_CK8JOp4OIx6M
Title: Re: Need Help, please share Original FW file named "mesv12us.zip" or "mesv12us.iso"
Post by: hlpmktu on August 14, 2021, 02:12:14 PM
Thank you.

I tried but not success :(
Title: Re: Need Help, please share Original FW file named "mesv12us.zip" or "mesv12us.iso"
Post by: hlpmktu on August 14, 2021, 02:43:15 PM
For the MEV series :  gbvk_update_1_1_us.exe
If useful, dropping that here -- https://mega.nz/file/bU4VWIhZ#hImFNfoOVYzrMvvTt-7DaR51O68A6bKf3avZDu16-yI

If looking for for the S series I have : gbs_update_1_3_us.exe
Dropped that one here : https://mega.nz/file/Dc4jkQLK#nRPlt8d6r6hwS5Hap7v0JkuPEI58-b_CK8JOp4OIx6M

The MEV, is this original firmware? I sent the nk.bin by beastpatcher into my gigabeat successfully, but then reboot on Window loading and stuck there.
Title: Re: Need Help, please share Original FW file named "mesv12us.zip" or "mesv12us.iso"
Post by: hlpmktu on August 15, 2021, 12:37:34 PM
For the MEV series :  gbvk_update_1_1_us.exe
If useful, dropping that here -- https://mega.nz/file/bU4VWIhZ#hImFNfoOVYzrMvvTt-7DaR51O68A6bKf3avZDu16-yI

If looking for for the S series I have : gbs_update_1_3_us.exe
Dropped that one here : https://mega.nz/file/Dc4jkQLK#nRPlt8d6r6hwS5Hap7v0JkuPEI58-b_CK8JOp4OIx6M

The MEV, is this original firmware? I sent the nk.bin by beastpatcher into my gigabeat successfully, but then reboot on Window loading and stuck there.

Anyone else have Official / Original FW???  Pleaseeeee...
Title: Re: Need Help, please share Original FW file named "mesv12us.zip" or "mesv12us.iso"
Post by: burkjavier on August 15, 2021, 02:08:07 PM
For the MEV series :  gbvk_update_1_1_us.exe
If useful, dropping that here -- https://mega.nz/file/bU4VWIhZ#hImFNfoOVYzrMvvTt-7DaR51O68A6bKf3avZDu16-yI

If looking for for the S series I have : gbs_update_1_3_us.exe
Dropped that one here : https://mega.nz/file/Dc4jkQLK#nRPlt8d6r6hwS5Hap7v0JkuPEI58-b_CK8JOp4OIx6M

The MEV, is this original firmware? I sent the nk.bin by beastpatcher into my gigabeat successfully, but then reboot on Window loading and stuck there.

These are the US firmware updaters, which Toshiba used to have on their website (looks like not anymore).

Pretty sure for both the V and S series, I've used these EXE's to do a clean installation ie if I had put in a new HDD on either of them.   My V series is long dead now, and the only S I have is also in pieces but again pretty sure these worked years back, for me.

Btw, not sure if these work on Windows 10 and/or 64-bit.   Might be for older OS's  / 32-bit only.
Title: Re: Need Help, please share Original FW file named "mesv12us.zip" or "mesv12us.iso"
Post by: cereal_killer on August 15, 2021, 05:00:31 PM
Anyone else have Official / Original FW???  Pleaseeeee...

Try browsing the toshiba website with the wayback machine. Sometimes the firmware files are still available.
Title: Re: Need Help, please share Original FW file named "mesv12us.zip" or "mesv12us.iso"
Post by: hlpmktu on August 15, 2021, 08:14:31 PM
Anyone else have Official / Original FW???  Pleaseeeee...

Try browsing the toshiba website with the wayback machine. Sometimes the firmware files are still available.

Thanks for reply, could you please let me know How to? :)
Title: Re: Need Help, please share Original FW file named "mesv12us.zip" or "mesv12us.iso"
Post by: hlpmktu on August 16, 2021, 12:55:57 AM
Anyone else have Official / Original FW???  Pleaseeeee...

Try browsing the toshiba website with the wayback machine. Sometimes the firmware files are still available.

ฺBelow is Toshiba's email replied my request for FW & Software;

Dear  XXXXXXXXXX

Thank you for your inquiry.
This is Toshiba corporation Customer Information Center.

We wish we could ,but there is no service about software,no users manual available in our library since
it have been more than 8 years after the model was discontinued.
No one remains to know about the product.
 
Your understanding would be highly appreciated.

Sincerely Yours,
∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽
TOSHIBA CORPORATION
CUSTOMER INFORMATION CENTER
mail:answer@csc.toshiba.co.jp
∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽
Title: Re: Need Help, please share Original FW file named "mesv12us.zip" or "mesv12us.iso"
Post by: cereal_killer on August 16, 2021, 02:13:39 PM
Thanks for reply, could you please let me know How to? :)

Enter a Toshiba website like toshiba.com in http://web.archive.org/ and browse back to like 2006/2007 when a firmware could have been released. Usually there is a support or download section and if you are lucky, the firmware file is cached and downloadable.

But the files from burkjavier look fine, so it might work with a Windows XP machine.
Title: Re: Need Help, please share Original FW file named "mesv12us.zip" or "mesv12us.iso"
Post by: burkjavier on August 16, 2021, 03:37:26 PM
Anyone else have Official / Original FW???  Pleaseeeee...

Try browsing the toshiba website with the wayback machine. Sometimes the firmware files are still available.

ฺBelow is Toshiba's email replied my request for FW & Software;

Dear  XXXXXXXXXX

Thank you for your inquiry.
This is Toshiba corporation Customer Information Center.

We wish we could ,but there is no service about software,no users manual available in our library since
it have been more than 8 years after the model was discontinued.
No one remains to know about the product.
 
Your understanding would be highly appreciated.

Sincerely Yours,
∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽
TOSHIBA CORPORATION
CUSTOMER INFORMATION CENTER
mail:answer@csc.toshiba.co.jp
∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽∽

Well, at least they're up front about it.  :)

Wayback Machine btw can be a big help for smaller binaries like these - grabbed many an old binary this way.  But the two binaries I uploaded I believe are from 2009 timeframe and the last updates Toshiba offered.  For US players I've definitely used them for HDD rebuilds on the V and S series....just not via Windows 10 / 64-bit, no idea if that OS would actually work or not.
Title: Re: Need Help, please share Original FW file named "mesv12us.zip" or "mesv12us.iso"
Post by: braewoods on August 17, 2021, 09:47:04 AM
You can find the final updates for all of these on the Dynabook site for Toshiba's legacy products, here: https://support.dynabook.com/drivers

For this model, here it is: https://content.us.dynabook.com/content/support/downloads/gbvk_update_1_1_us.exe

Title: Re: Need Help, please share Original FW file named "mesv12us.zip" or "mesv12us.iso"
Post by: hlpmktu on August 17, 2021, 11:15:34 AM
You can find the final updates for all of these on the Dynabook site for Toshiba's legacy products, here: https://support.dynabook.com/drivers

For this model, here it is: https://content.us.dynabook.com/content/support/downloads/gbvk_update_1_1_us.exe

Thank you :D