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EvilJordanChiat
Up and Coming
August 12, 2014

Error Writing Firmware

Just installed the latest 0.4.1 runtimes and, to make sure, I went to update the firmware after system reboot.

Firmware update failed "Error writing firmware"

Rift is now stuck in Boot Rift DK2 and further attempt to update firmware result in "Error writing firmware" messages.

Have I bricked it?

    6 replies

    brantlew
    Participant
    August 12, 2014
    Maybe a corrupt firmware file? Try the file from the 0.4.0 download and see if it installs.
    nvstewart
    Up and Coming
    August 12, 2014
    "EvilJordanChiat" wrote:
    Just installed the latest 0.4.1 runtimes and, to make sure, I went to update the firmware after system reboot.

    Firmware update failed "Error writing firmware"

    Rift is now stuck in Boot Rift DK2 and further attempt to update firmware result in "Error writing firmware" messages.

    Have I bricked it?



    I updated today too, had same problems but managed to do it in the end.

    DK2 has a fail safe mode, so no matter what you do during the installation of the firmware, you can not ruin your DK2.

    But I would suggest you keep using firmware 2.10 (gonna make a thread about why)
    EvilJordanChiatAuthor
    Up and Coming
    August 12, 2014
    "nvstewart" wrote:
    DK2 has a fail safe mode, so no matter what you do during the installation of the firmware, you can not ruin your DK2.


    The DK2 is not detected by the config tool except as a "Boot Rift DK2" and I cannot update the firmware at all at the moment.

    If you know of a way to revert the thing to factory settings, please let me know!
    EvilJordanChiatAuthor
    Up and Coming
    August 12, 2014
    "brantlew" wrote:
    Maybe a corrupt firmware file? Try the file from the 0.4.0 download and see if it installs.


    Will try in a few minutes! As good a suggestion as any!
    EvilJordanChiatAuthor
    Up and Coming
    August 14, 2014
    "EvilJordanChiat" wrote:
    "brantlew" wrote:
    Maybe a corrupt firmware file? Try the file from the 0.4.0 download and see if it installs.


    Will try in a few minutes! As good a suggestion as any!


    I uninstalled the existing Oculus Runtime and Positional Tracking driver.
    I downloaded the 0.4.0 runtime.
    Installed 0.4.0 runtime.

    I was able to successfully update the firmware back to 2.11 with the firmware included in 0.4.0.

    Yay!
    Juliette
    Participant
    September 19, 2014
    I can only write 2.12, 2.11 gets me a write error. HMD won't get detected unless I keep the power button pressed for more than 10 seconds. In that mode yellow led is blinking and Device Manager gets a new Generic USB Hub, still No Device Attached message (and the Oculus Configuration Utility displays Model as Boot Rift DK2). Tried all SDKs, all available usb ports on 2 PCs and 1 mac, without success. :(
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