Firmware update crashes XP

[Decca]

Tried the firmware update on two different XP Pro laptops, and on both I get a brief "blue screen of death" and they reboot.

Anyone else had this problem?

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Decca

 

[hvh]

Its important to update the viewer first to 1.11 before doing the firmware update..

Tried the firmware update on two different XP Pro laptops, and on
both I get a brief "blue screen of death" and they reboot.

Anyone else had this problem?

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Decca

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[Douglas Palmer]

Tried the firmware update on two different XP Pro laptops, and on
both I get a brief "blue screen of death" and they reboot.

Anyone else had this problem?

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Decca

Hi Decca

I just ran the update in response to your message and had no problem with it. I am running windows xp, service pack 1.

Regards
Doug

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[Douglas Palmer]

Its important to update the viewer first to 1.11 before doing the
firmware update..

I am running version 1.1 and just updated successfully.

Regards
Doug

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[Decca]

I'm a tinkerer, so am running service pack 2 beta - that could be the issue.

I've done all the updates as per the Olympus download site.

I'll try restoring a pre-SP2 image backup to my laptop and give that a go.

Decca

Tried the firmware update on two different XP Pro laptops, and on
both I get a brief "blue screen of death" and they reboot.

Anyone else had this problem?

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Decca

Hi Decca

I just ran the update in response to your message and had no
problem with it. I am running windows xp, service pack 1.

Regards
Doug

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Decca

 

[Decca]

It is 1.11

Decca

Its important to update the viewer first to 1.11 before doing the
firmware update..

I am running version 1.1 and just updated successfully.

Regards
Doug

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Decca

 

[Garrett Lucas]

I just contacted Olympus about a similar issue. When I loaded the XP driver from the CD for the camera control function in order to do the update on the cameras and lenses, a few minutes later, I got a blue screen that said "Bad Pool Caller Error". I don't know if this is like what you're hitting, but I had to do a system restore to get my system to quit crashing.

Garrett Lucas

Tried the firmware update on two different XP Pro laptops, and on
both I get a brief "blue screen of death" and they reboot.

Anyone else had this problem?

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Decca

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Best Regards,

 

[Denny Colvin]

I'm a tinkerer, so am running service pack 2 beta - that could be
the issue.

1.1 update crashes my SP2 beta system... fortunately I have a w2k system... I suppose we ought to complain to Olympus...

 

[Douglas Palmer]

I just contacted Olympus about a similar issue. When I loaded the
XP driver from the CD for the camera control function in order to
do the update on the cameras and lenses, a few minutes later, I got
a blue screen that said "Bad Pool Caller Error". I don't know if
this is like what you're hitting, but I had to do a system restore
to get my system to quit crashing.

Garrett Lucas

Where you running service pack 2 beta as well?

Regards
Doug

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[Tom.S]

Tried the firmware update on two different XP Pro laptops, and on
both I get a brief "blue screen of death" and they reboot.

Anyone else had this problem?

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Decca

If you're using a usb port, are you closing the port prior to shutting off the camera or disconnecting the usb cable?

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Tom

 

[Chip_McCann]

Yes i have had the same problem. When I spoke with an Olympus rep a day ago they said it was probably an issue with the operating system. I don't know how since I was using version 1.1 prior to the upgrade in Camera Control Mode .

I read later in this post that someone did a system restore. I will try that.

Tried the firmware update on two different XP Pro laptops, and on
both I get a brief "blue screen of death" and they reboot.

Anyone else had this problem?

--
Decca

 

[Decca]

XP SP2 beta is the problem.

I reverted to SP1a and the upgrade went fine.

Decca

Yes i have had the same problem. When I spoke with an Olympus rep
a day ago they said it was probably an issue with the operating
system. I don't know how since I was using version 1.1 prior to
the upgrade in Camera Control Mode .

I read later in this post that someone did a system restore. I
will try that.

 

[RémiG]

I'm a tinkerer, so am running service pack 2 beta - that could be
the issue.

1.1 update crashes my SP2 beta system... fortunately I have a w2k
system... I suppose we ought to complain to Olympus...

Well, since you're running a beta, unstable operating system, you can't complain to anyone if the system crash. It is expected to crash. If it wasn't, then Microsoft would call it a release version , not a beta version (ok, that's not entirely true, but it's another problem).

All you should do is to report the crash to MS. But to complain to Olympus, well, that's strange...

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Rémi

 

[Decca]

..well

..it would give them time to prepare the fix that, more than likely, will be required when SP2 is officialy released.

Fortunately, doing a specific firmware upgrade is a one-off task, so it's worth jumping through hoops (doing a system restore, or whatever) to accomplish it.

Decca

I'm a tinkerer, so am running service pack 2 beta - that could be
the issue.

1.1 update crashes my SP2 beta system... fortunately I have a w2k
system... I suppose we ought to complain to Olympus...

Well, since you're running a beta, unstable operating system, you
can't complain to anyone if the system crash. It is expected to
crash. If it wasn't, then Microsoft would call it a release
version , not a beta version (ok, that's not entirely true, but
it's another problem).
All you should do is to report the crash to MS. But to complain to
Olympus, well, that's strange...

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Rémi

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Decca