Beginners Guide To Updating Firware?

[Dastardly]

I should be receiving my GP2X T.V Out cable in the post any day now but Im still on firmware 1.1.0 and have heard I need to update first.

I have my female svhs>phono adaptor and my phono leads so Im almost ready.

You hear a lot of horror stories on here about bricked units when stuff isnt done right so Im looking for a comprehensive step by step guide to updating the fw. Does anyone know where I can find this info?

Also which version of the fw is it I need?

Thanks all.

 

[Iorgy77]

You need 1.2.1 or 1.2.0 for TV out to work with certain emulators (I recommend 1.2.1 as 1.2.0 has some issues with certain SD cards). Only drawback I have noticed from the newer firmware is that divx sound is out of sync... hopefully this is fixed in the next version of the firmware.

A tool has been made that allows you to upgrade to 1.2.1 with ease. Although there is always a certain amount of risk involved. Just take the nessasary precautions like uninstalling any skins having fully charged batteries and formatting your SD to fat32 before you begin.

http://www.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,42,1144

You could meet me on IRC in the usual place when you are ready and I'll walk you through it if you like.

*Hint* you know me by a different name on another forum and certain IRC chan

 

[Dastardly]

*Hint* you know me by a different name on another forum and certain IRC chan

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Do I?

Ok ill go into that channel and shout IORGY!! when Im ready

 

[Iorgy77]

How many Aussie GP32+GP2X+Amiga owners do you know?

 

[Squidge]

if you don't want to do it too often, you could always wait for fw 1.3...

 

[beanfarmer]

yer if its ever comeing out damn ./'s fault

 

[Dastardly]

@IORGY

Ahhhh, got ya

@squidge

Im hoping fw 1.3 comes out before I get my T.V Out cable but if it doesnt I dont think Ill have the patience to wait

 

[Hanz™]

yer if its ever comeing out damn ./'s fault

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What is this dotslash you speak of?

 

[parag0n]

current directory?