Date   : Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:56:04 +0200
From   : John Kortink <kortink@...>
Subject: Re: Dead ARM7 copro

On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 14:24:58 +0100 (BST), Greg Cook wrote:

>Notice to all owners of Sprow's ARM7TDMI coprocessor:
>
>Robert Sprowson has released a firmware upgrade to v0.25.  Be sure to
>follow the instructions in Readme.txt, VERBATIM.  When the upgrade
>software tells you to turn off the computer, it means turn off the
>coprocessor FIRST, then the computer.  Otherwise v0.25 will boot up,
>but only once.

Unfortunate.

However, just switching off after upgrading (as instructed
by the software) worked fine in my case, for both my copros.
In fact, I'd guess that /is/ the least dangerous way.


John Kortink

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