Best practice Firmware upgrade v1.1.2

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What you need

  • Your DS-Xtreme, disconnected from your DS
  • The USB cable that came with your DS-Xtreme or a similar USB 2.0 cable not USB 1.1
  • A computer running Windows Vista or XP, not MacOS, Linux or Windows Windows 2000, with:
    • A Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port. Not USB 1.1 (How to tell) and not a port that is part of a hub.
    • Internet access, the updater will download the OS update from the DS-Xtreme website
    • Anti-virus programs disabled
  • The latest firmware updater: Ds_Xtreme_updater_v1.2.zip
  • The latest skin files: skin1.1.2.rar (needs un-rar'ed)

Attach your DS-Xtreme to your computer

  • Windows Vista or XP only
  • Use only Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port
  • The USB port should be directly connected to the motherboard, normally the ones at the back of your computer.
  • Disconnect all other USB devices except keyboards and mice, eg. video cameras, card readers, modems
  • When you plug it in the mini-usb port should 'click' in and both lights should illuminate solid white.

Backup

If you have just got your DS-Xtreme there is no need to back it up, just continue to the next step.

You should always take regular backups of the contents of your DS-X just in case anything goes horribly wrong. You can get fancy and run a daily/weekly/when you want Backup_Script.

As you will be formatting the DS-X during the firmware upgrade process it is critical that you backup all your files NOW!

Format

  • Open Windows Explorer right click on your DS-X and select 'Format'.
  • Format your DS-X with FAT32 (not FAT/FAT16) using either Windows Explorer or swissknife (4.3Mb Freeware)

Windows Vista
Image:ds-x-firmware-update-windows-format.png

Upgrade

Extract the contents of the updater file (Ds_Xtreme_updater_v1.2) to your hard drive and run the .exe file it contains (Ds_Xtreme_updater_v1.2.exe).

The updater will check the DS-Xtreme web site for the latest firmware version that is available.
Image:Firmware upgrade best practice v1.1.2-1.png
(Possible problem: Unable to download update information)

The program will look then look something like this:
Image:Firmware upgrade best practice v1.1.2.png
(Possible problem: Device not found)
(Possible problem: The Semaphore timeout period has expired)

Click on 'Update Device' to start the updating process.
First the update will be downloaded from the DS-Xtreme site.
Image:Firmware upgrade best practice v1.1.2-3.png

Then the update is applied to the DS-Xtreme.
During this process the lights of your DS-Xtreme will go out.
Image:Firmware upgrade best practice v1.1.2-2.png
(Possible problem: I/O device error)
Important: If this is the first time you have used this updater you may be prompted to disconnect and reconnect the USB cable from your DS-Xtreme and run the updater again.

Your DS-Xtreme's lights will turn on again and you will get a confirmation box once the update has finished.
Image:Firmware upgrade best practice Updater v1.1.2-5.png

Next it will display notes on the upgrade.
Image:Firmware upgrade best practice v1.1.2-7.png

Finally click the X to close the updater
Image:Firmware upgrade best practice v1.1.2-6.png

Disconnect and reconnect

Disconnect and reconnect your DS-Xtreme from your computer before going any further.


Copy new Skin files and Skin Apps (aka 'Public Partition')

Download and extract the skin1.1.2.rar to your computer.
Copy the extracted files to the root of your DS-Xtreme
Image:Firmware upgrade best practice Public Partition.png

Restore

If you backed up files, games, app or music in the first step copy them back to your DS-Xtreme.
Just make sure that you do not copy back any of the below files/folders unless you really know what you are doing:

  • The file in the root of your DS-Xtreme called DS-X Settings.xml one will be autocreated the first time you start your DS-Xtreme after upgrading.
  • The folder called 'skin' which contains the default skins
  • The folder called 'skinapps' which contains the new skin apps.


If you suffered from corrupted files with a previous firmware, do not copy the corrupted files back to your DS-Xtreme.

Start using your DS-Xtreme

Disconnect your DS-Xtreme from your computer by using the Safely Remove Hardware procedure.
Plug it into your DS.


Notes

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"I should just point out, that there is absolutely no way (short of physically damaging the cart) to put a DS-X into an unrecoverable state.": Aphex, Lead Systems Engineer

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