Dead dead dead...
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Topic author: Groovykid
Subject: Dead dead dead...
Posted on: 11/29/2005 12:09:13 PM
Message:
Dead is this forum and apparently any hopes for firmware upgrades.
I have a problem where when I browse searching by Album that it will freeze up and I have to press play and up to reset. It does this every time; and has been doing this for a long time. It works better on Artist or Song but still freezes up randomly (Album it happens every time and is pretty consistent where it freezes). Also I have done plenty of NAND formats and it makes no difference.
Is this a Firmware issue? I have tried it with two different versions of firmware (currently using Garbage), but it makes no difference. I was hoping that the latest and greatest Firmware would solve this, but the latest is about a year old. Anything up and coming from neuros?
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Reply author: kborn(at)neurosaudio.com
Replied on: 11/29/2005 12:47:22 PM
Message:
I've not heard of any bug like that. I have a few general suggestions.
One, if your device is almost full, take some music off, give the device an extra 100-200 MB to breathe better. See if that helps.
If not, I would reformat your hard drive and re-sync (rebuild) your Neuros again. I think the database can get errors over long periods of time and become problematic.
Also, I had some uncompressed .wma files that would crash my device. Look for huge huge file sizes and get them down to something closer to 3-4 MB each.
My thoughts.
Kathryn
Neuros Support
Reply author: Matthias Halibrand
Replied on: 11/29/2005 3:26:28 PM
Message:
Hey Kathryn,
long time since I read a post from you.
What's going on out there in the far west over the ocean?
New firmware coming? N3 in sight? Anything?
says Matthias who's waiting for the N3, which will hopefully has much more battery-power for long uncompressed non-corded recording-sessions.
Greet's from the old world,
Matthias
Liebe und Frieden ...
Reply author: The J
Replied on: 11/29/2005 4:44:05 PM
Message:
Matthias, you're not the only one waiting for the N3. I'm trying to hold out from buying a new DAP before seeing the N3, but it's getting harder to do every day.
EDIT: This is for the OP, not Matthias.
Anyway, have you tried connecting the Neuros to your computer and running a scandisk program. If you have Windows XP, connect the Neuros and note the drive letter it has in My Computer. Then, go to Start > Run... and type in cmd and hit Enter. At the command prompt window, type in chkdsk G: /r, where G is the driver letter of your Neuros (be sure to put the colon after it). Also note that there is one space between the parts of the command. Let it run--it may take a while. The /r switch tells the program to attempt recovery of info in bad sectors.
Reply author: Matthias Halibrand
Replied on: 12/01/2005 4:02:09 PM
Message:
Why should I do a chkdsk?
Everything is working fine. It's just not enough battery to record long shooting sessions without being plugged into the wall!
Greets,
Matthias
Liebe und Frieden ...
Reply author: Sottilde
Replied on: 12/01/2005 10:45:42 PM
Message:
Speaking of dead, my unit died recently, after a good 11 months of use. Time to send it in, quickly, before the warranty expires..
------Order #9082 :D
Reply author: Llama
Replied on: 12/03/2005 12:47:11 PM
Message:
quote:
Originally posted by The J
Matthias, you're not the only one waiting for the N3. I'm trying to hold out from buying a new DAP before seeing the N3, but it's getting harder to do every day.
Thanks for all your help. I deleted all of the files (except the music files) and rebuild the neuros database. That seemed to hit the spot. I think it is working fine now, but I have a USB 1 (for firmware update) problem; but I am not concerned about that as of yet because it seems like the firmware will not be updated within at least the next few years.
Thanks again for everyone's help!