In the unlikely event that a firmware upgrade fails, perform the following 'de-brick' recovery procedure:
o Download the latest firmware from the Mede8er website;
o Unzip the files to the root of a formatted flash drive - 'install.img' and 'logo_pal.bmp';
o Plug the flash drive into the Mede8er;
o Power the Mede8er OFF;
o Power the Mede8er up again and hold the ON/OFF button in for 10 seconds;
o The Mede8er will automatically re-install the firmware.
NOTE:
- Wait for the installation process to complete (approx. 2 minutes).
- There will be 2 blue screens as the unit will restart at the beginning and the end of the process.
- To not cut power during this process or the update will fail.
General notes regarding usb flash drives (usb stick):
- If the firmware is not installed within the root area of the USB flash drive the firmware installation process will fail.
- Many usb flash drives below 1GB are not fully USB2 compliant. They might not work, try another one.
- Many usb flash drives above 4GB have some form of (hidden) back-up utility boot firmware pre-installed on them. Which wont allow them to operate as a boot drive with the Mede8er - unless it's removed.
