Smc/firmware Woes

[taras]

Great. I sell my GP32 and it starts messing me about!

I formatted my SMC using windows (probably my first mistake), so it's FAT now.

I should be able to fix that with PC link's format tool, I thought; I connected up the GP32 using the link cable, which I haven't done for a while, and do the following:

1. Turn on GP32 (boots into MultiFW2: Original GP Firmware) and go into link mode
2. Launch the original Gamepark PC Link software
3. I click OK to get past the 'connect gp32' dialog
4. It says "an error occured in gp32 during process"
5. Anything I try to do, says "timed out".

HELP!

How can I at least format the card? I have a card reader.

EDIT! OK, never mind, I formatted it in my digital camera!
THE MORAL OF THE STORY: NEVER FORMAT AN SMC AS FAT.

 

[DaveC]

I thought the GP32 file system WAS FAT ..??

 

[Oankali]

It is FAT.
But there is different types of FAT: FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32.
Windows formats in FAT16 or FAT32.
GP32 and some digital cameras format in FAT12.

The moral of the story: Format your SMC with your GP32 as FAT12, NEVER FORMAT WITH A CARD READER UNDER WINDOWS as FAT16 OR FAT32.

 

[Vimacs]

its fat16.....

 

[falken80]

Yeah it's fat16.
If you use windows2000 It works great.
But with winXP it bugs. ( in fat format for both )
It's very surprising ^^

 

[generalnmx]

I believe either Multifirmware or Pacrom have a format utility built-in (called "SMC Recovery"). Actually I'm not exactly sure whether it is a format utility or just repairs the partition table, but I know after formatting until XP through a card reader and using this utility my SMCs work fine.