On 13 Mar 2005 at 11:21, Peter Smekal wrote: > Rob Studdert wrote: > > >... however a corrupt file could be a problem if the camera isn't smart > >enough > >to verify the file before updating its ROM ... > > How common is that kind of problem? Does it depend on where the update is > downloaded from?
It's a long time since I've experienced a flash ROM upgrade failure and I've flashed hundreds of mother-boards, modems, video cards and other assorted peripherals and controller cards. Most good flash programs verify the integrity of file containing the code to be updated however I've no idea if the integrated flash utility in the *ist D or DS has the capability and I'm not going to test it to find out :-) Assuming that the file was down-loaded and unpacked correctly then copied without error to the CF card then the likely hood of an update failure would be pretty low. I assume if it did fail though it would need to be returned to the factory for re-programming. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
