From ynottnaro@yahoo.com Sat Oct 12 07:36:21 2002
Subject:Re: Fryin' the CX3- (DANGEROUS and UNSAFE V2 UPGRADE)

Emil.....my condolences.

--- emili gene wrote:
>
> All CX-3 owners,
>
> Last night, after reading about the upgrade
> avaliability, I downloaded it and proceeded to the
> upgrade. Unfortunately my CX3 got fried along(I
> almost
> feel like crying), even though the utility said it
> was
> upgraded successfully.
> After the process was done, it doesn't power
> anymore.
> That's it; it's death or at least in deep coma. A
> fomer gorgeous instrument is now only useful to make
> a
> fire pire $2000 worth!!
> My conclusion, after much thinking and then
> rethinking
> is that the program has a bug and it's not safe
> using.
> I repeat, IT IS NOT SAFE!.
> This doesn't mean necessarily that your CX will die
> along the process. The program could either
> flawlessly
> operate the upgrade, as it could kill the organ, in
> spite of all cautinary measures. I strongly
> discourage
> you from self-upgrading. I'd rather advice on having
> it upgraded by an authorized Korg technician. If the
> CX is fried, then it'll be their responsability and
> you won't be on your own. If you still wanna do it
> yourself, I recommend you to keep reading as I'll
> try
> to prevent you against the unfortunate incidents
> that
> led to mine's defunction.
>
> Ok, so I proceed with the upgrade instructions.
> Disabled screen savers and energy economizers. Set
> CX3's global channel on 1 and reboot on transmission
> mode.
> Performed all tests successfully(steps 1-4), and
> then
> crossed fingers and went for the non-protective
> fifth
> step: that's where the actual transmission takes
> place
> and it's the most critical stage. After a few
> minutes
> of transmission, a dialog popped up. My heart just
> bounced. It said a timeout error (7) had been
> produced, and I was adviced to re-hit the "start"
> button, as it would send data all over again.
> If this persisted to fail, I should close and
> reboot
> the program. It also informed me that I should NOT
> power the CX off.
> I did what the dialog said, but it never happened to
> happen. Timeouts kept hapenning, all at different
> progress times and places (I mean that it didn't get
> stuck repeateadly on the same data). Sometimes
> happened shortly after the upgrade started,
> sometimes
> it would take a long while. After a good amount of
> tries, it got thru. A dialog box said the upgrade
> was
> successfully installed and the Korg's display read
> "Received EOF". I click on the dialog box and says
> "Enjoy new V2 firmware", and the program closed
> itself. I turn the power off on the CX, power on
> again
> but it didn't light up. It's dead, long gone.
> As I said, after much thinking, I think I know
> where
> the problem lies.
> This is VERY important, as following the program
> instructions CAN FRY YOUR UNIT as well. The program
> ain't SAFE.
> Whatever you do, should you ever have a timeout and
> the dialog box appears to you saying to retry
> transmission data hitting "start" button, DO NOT DO
> IT. I repeat DO NOT DO IT.
> I happened to observe that the data transmission
> operates in two different stages: first the program
> sends the instructions for the SUB processor and
> immediately after sends those for the MAIN
> processor.
> NOW, IF you happen to experience any timeout during
> the SUB transmission, whenever you hit start it will
> skip that transmission and go directly to the MAIN
> transmission, leaving the chain uncomplete.
> If you are as unluky as I am and the MAIN
> transmission finishes, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO RESEND
> data and thus INSTRUCIONS WILL BE UNCOMPLETE.
> I repeat, there's a BUG in the program and if a
> timeout happens during SUB processor transmission
> and
> hit start again, IT WILL SKIP that transmission and
> transmit directly MAIN processor instructions only,
> LEAVING THE SEQUENCE UNCOMPLETE.
> I guess that in case it happened during MAIN
> transmission, it would be safe to hit start again,
> but
> I cannot assure you anything.
> All I'm saying is not to go the way I did. Instead,
>
> and should you experience the same problem I'd
> restart
> the application as needed.
> I understand that by perfoming the upgrade I was
> taking chances. I used a regular midiman joystick
> port
> midi connecter. I guess this wouln't fit Korg's
> definition of a pro midi system, even though it
> always
> worked well and passed all tests.
> However, now it's too late for me to try with a
> better
> configuration.
> I have no clue how much is gonna cost me, and to be
> honest, I don't even wanna think about it for now.
> Only shipping costs are going to be a hig tad,
> without a doubt. Plus a new main board (Jerry, do
> you
> have a figure perhaps?). Ouchy!!!. This is gonna
> hurt
> for sure. It hurts already.
> SO beware. Now, I'm out for some real hardcore
> whinning. Thanks god I still have an electro to gig
> with.
>
>
>
>
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