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Old 03-09-06, 03:04 PM   #5 (permalink)
Wile E. Coyote
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Saved my SD card...
After spending some time in this forum, I figured out how I should get my SD card working again. No ROM updates is available from Dell (A00C BT&WiFi). I found the instructions to get into the bootloader here http://www.aximsite.com/boards/showt...highlight=A00C
and there the card was always detected when it was in the slot, so I knew there was some kind of software problem in the ROM.
After I found this thread, i figured out that I could give it a try, all the time my Axim was useless without an SD card. Luckily I had a RIS-backup from my previous X3i (also A00C BT&WiFi, it's BIS disappeared so I got a refurbished one). I used a hex editor to change the first lines identifying the Axim in the file, and VOILA, the file could be loaded, and my Axim is back on track with the SD slot in good shape

That old RIS file was worth a lot !!! My advice to all you folks out ther, is to make a proper backup of You ROM when Your Axim's is still fully functional. Use the R80976.exe Axim Update tool to make the backup file

The important thing when You get a corrupted ROM, and need to restore a fully functionla one, is that You use the same version that You allready have in Your Axim. You just use the R80976.exe utility to restore it.

This is tested successfully on X3i, but I would guess the procedure would work fine on other models too... (I'm gonna give it a try tomorrow on my colleques X50v and will make a note on how that succeded...)

Good Luck
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