Flash for the Players?

[amiconn]

dwight_s, canvin:

I've updated the player flash package on my webspace (the place given in the wiki). It does now contain the required _norom firmware file for flashing romless Players.

Beware that this file couldn't be tested on a real box, because neither Jörg nor I have such a box available. While we tried to lower the risk as much as possible (each one building the _norom image independently, then comparing the file lead to identical files; Jörg also tested the image a bit on a CPU emulator), there is of course no warranty.

If either of you dares to flash his box, I'd be very interested in the results. Good luck!

Jens

[dwight_s]

My LCD just crapped out on me this week.  Otherwise I'd jump at the opportunity.  I'm going to take it apart tonight and see if one of the connector wires has come lose.  I'll let you know as soon as I get it working and will give the _norom a shot.

[canvin]

i'll try this firmware today, and i hope it works, because i don't want  disassembling the Archos. thank you. Canvin

[canvin]

yeah !!
it works about 6 seconds to launch player now !! good rockbox now..do you want a copy of something ??like firmware.. the flashing lasts nearly 20 seconds and all seems ok...but i haven't  a resume support at power on, at he first time, now it works. Last thing, when i power on my archos, before flash i have to press on 'on" 4 seconds, now i just touch it and it switch on  . Thank you for your works    . Canvin.


P.S : sorry for my english, i'm french.

[canvin]

when i flash my archos, i suppose that when i plug it to electricity, my archos launch menu etc..  and indeed it switch on. I wondered  if there isn't a mni bios when it charges. ok good night now and great thanks again.   :)Canvin

[canvin]

ok now !!
there also a mini firmware when i plug it ! that's rocks, looks all ok now ! see you Canvin. 

[molsongrrrl]

the flash works great! thanks so much! the instructions were easy to follow and is working great!

[tonymande]

Hello,

i've got an old Studio 6000 which isn't flashable in-circuit 
Is it possible to flash it off-circuit or to replace the chip somehow?

Thanks for your feedback,
David

[Sticks]

Hi, I've got a studio with this HWInfo:
[HW Info]
ROM: 5.08
USB: neg
ATA: 0x300m
Mask: 0000
Flash: BF,D6
BootROM: no

Based on this thread, it seems like if I grabbed the latest rockbox (2.4) and flash_player.zip that I'd be good to go, but every time I run the firmware_flash.rock thingy I get the "Wrong Version" message.

Any ideas? Thanks, nathan

[amiconn]

Flash: BF,D6
BootROM: no

Based on this thread, it seems like if I grabbed the latest rockbox (2.4) and flash_player.zip that I'd be good to go, but every time I run the firmware_flash.rock thingy I get the "Wrong Version" message.

Yes, this box is indeed flashable, but it is the type without boot ROM. That means there is no safety net if the flashing procedure should ever go wrong (not that we know of any such case so far).

The 'wrong version' problem occurs because the firmware_flash plugin in the rockbox 2.4 packagae does not yet recognise a 5.08 ROM as a valid player ROM. Support for both 5.08 ROMs and ROMless players was added later, so I recommend installing a recent daily build instead. Rockbox 2.4 is more than half a year old...

Regards,

Jens

[Sticks]

OK, Is there a "good build" that people are using? Since I've got no backup, I'd like to use one that is considered somewhat stable.


thanks, nathan

[justhavingfun]

 
I just want to say thanks to Rockbox OS developer for their wonderful software. It is so much better than the original Archos OS. I just successfully flashed my Archos Studio 10 model with Rockbox flashware. Thank you again.