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    nasher

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    Hi,

    I'm beginning to explore the upgrade options for my Foxsat HDR. I'd almost given up on the USB interface until I found this site.

    I have a Phillips-4Gb drive that is simply ignored by the STB. I bought a SanDisk-2Gb (Cruzer Edge) drive yesterday which IS recognised (progress!), but fails to execute the upgrade when I reboot.

    Before I buy anymore duff USB drives, can anyone tell me which drives they have successfully used to upgrade the firmware?

    Thanks.

    | Thu 20 Oct 2011 12:22:52 #1 |
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    Hello nasher, I flashed my HD Fox T2 with a 4GB TDK Trans-IT stick. There seem to be a few different versions of it though. Looks like the one in the picture I've uploaded.

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    | Fri 21 Oct 2011 19:43:35 #2 |
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    I have the same problem as nasher. I tried a couple of sticks but neither worked and I don't want to buy another without reasonable confidence it will work.

    | Sat 22 Oct 2011 8:14:12 #3 |
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    I have used the following branded/unbranded with no issue:

    Kingston
    Corsair
    SanDisk Cruzer
    My Memory own brand

    Various capacities from 2 to 8 Gigs

    | Sat 22 Oct 2011 8:28:22 #4 |
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    Thanks Barry. Sounds like I was just unlucky. I tried a Danelec 4gb and a Buffalo 64mb (how old!).
    I'll try one of your list.

    | Sat 22 Oct 2011 8:49:35 #5 |
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    Thanks everyone for the replies - it's good to hear that I'm not alone with this problem.

    Barry - I have a SanDisk Cruzer (Edge) USB drive, formatted as FAT (or maybe FAT32). Do you use the windows or linux format for your drives ..?

    | Sat 22 Oct 2011 11:12:44 #6 |
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    nasher - 2 minutes ago  » 
    Thanks everyone for the replies - it's good to hear that I'm not alone with this problem.
    Barry - I have a SanDisk Cruzer (Edge) USB drive, formatted as FAT (or maybe FAT32). Do you use the windows or linux format for your drives ..?

    Windows - FAT32

    | Sat 22 Oct 2011 11:15:42 #7 |
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    Barry - 1 hour ago  » 
    Windows - FAT32

    Do you use the default cluster size?

    | Sat 22 Oct 2011 12:37:18 #8 |
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    Success ! I think the problem was with the filename on the USB drive.

    The STB will recognise the Sandisk Cruzer Edge drive (but not the Phillips grrr). When I got that far I tried the official FOXSAT-HDR_upgrade_10017.hdf upgrade from http://beta.humaxonline.co.uk/downloads/foxsat-hdr (just to be on the safe side).

    That didn't work, so I just tried the FOXSAT-HDR_upgrade.hdf file from Raydon (thanks Raydon) and it booted 1st time!

    So I guess it's the filename that matters.

    Thanks everyone for your help

    | Sat 22 Oct 2011 13:01:52 #9 |
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    nasher - 1 hour ago  » 
    Success ! I think the problem was with the filename on the USB drive.
    The STB will recognise the Sandisk Cruzer Edge drive (but not the Phillips grrr). When I got that far I tried the official FOXSAT-HDR_upgrade_10017.hdf upgrade from http://beta.humaxonline.co.uk/downloads/foxsat-hdr (just to be on the safe side).
    That didn't work, so I just tried the FOXSAT-HDR_upgrade.hdf file from Raydon (thanks Raydon) and it booted 1st time!
    So I guess it's the filename that matters.
    Thanks everyone for your help

    Yes the filename is critical - you skipped looking at the Humax link telling you to rename the file.

    | Sat 22 Oct 2011 14:19:07 #10 |

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