PaulyEddyFreddy
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Subject: Carbon--Upgrader Infinite-Do-Loop
Hello,
I'm new to commenting on the forum, but have read a lot and like this much better than the previous Riovolution. But here's my problem. My carbon worked well for several years, but after reading about the Designers Cut, decided to upgrade to verson 3.02. No problem on doing the upgrade, but shortly after, the Carbon started to shutdown at random periods after startup. But thats not the real fun part!!! The unit would not startup normally, but would show "upgrader" every time. Usually, after much power button, side button and paper clip reset combinations, I could return the Carbon to operation-----until the next shutdown, when the fun-and-games would start all over again.
I tried a reformat, but all it did was wipe out all the songs, leaving 3.02 installed. The other interesting thing is that when I try to go back to the original 1.43 firmware, the install does not even "see" the Carbon. But when I reinstall version 3.02 over the already installed 3.02, the install IDs the Carbon and does a clean install. Any thoughts of whats going on. With all the positive comments on 3.02, my gut feeling is that the new firmware is not the problem. Does anybody know how to completely wipe-slick the hard drive, so the op system is also wiped out. I wonder if I could do that and then installed the op system ---1.43 or 3.02 from scratch, it might work. But can't seem to be able to dump the ops system. When I go into My Computer, I don't see any ops systeam in the Carbon to delete, but after I delete everything I do see, the ops system is still there. Also, your help for me may also help Paulzy in his Carbon start-restart problem, as starting from scratch with a clean hard drive might cure his problem also.
Thanks,
PaulyEddyFreddy
I'm new to commenting on the forum, but have read a lot and like this much better than the previous Riovolution. But here's my problem. My carbon worked well for several years, but after reading about the Designers Cut, decided to upgrade to verson 3.02. No problem on doing the upgrade, but shortly after, the Carbon started to shutdown at random periods after startup. But thats not the real fun part!!! The unit would not startup normally, but would show "upgrader" every time. Usually, after much power button, side button and paper clip reset combinations, I could return the Carbon to operation-----until the next shutdown, when the fun-and-games would start all over again.
I tried a reformat, but all it did was wipe out all the songs, leaving 3.02 installed. The other interesting thing is that when I try to go back to the original 1.43 firmware, the install does not even "see" the Carbon. But when I reinstall version 3.02 over the already installed 3.02, the install IDs the Carbon and does a clean install. Any thoughts of whats going on. With all the positive comments on 3.02, my gut feeling is that the new firmware is not the problem. Does anybody know how to completely wipe-slick the hard drive, so the op system is also wiped out. I wonder if I could do that and then installed the op system ---1.43 or 3.02 from scratch, it might work. But can't seem to be able to dump the ops system. When I go into My Computer, I don't see any ops systeam in the Carbon to delete, but after I delete everything I do see, the ops system is still there. Also, your help for me may also help Paulzy in his Carbon start-restart problem, as starting from scratch with a clean hard drive might cure his problem also.Thanks,
PaulyEddyFreddy
