ROM update (ppc2002 A04) does not exist?!?!?!

[tranceintensor]

Ok. I have a Dell Axim X5 Basic (300MHz) and I am trying to update the Flash ROM from A02 to A04. Here is what I have done... please help me figure out what the hell I am doing wrong! I have messed with this for HOURS today and I have gotten NOWHERE!

1. I installed the newest Microsoft ActiveSync, v.4.2.

2. I rebooted my computer, then attached the cradle, plugged it in, and put the X5 in the cradle.

3. The system acknowledged the X5. I backed up all data to the hard drive, and the X5 successfully backed up, no problem.

4. I went to www.dell.com. I clicked on Support, and went to Driver Downloads.

5. A screen came up asking me to choose my product type. I chose Axim in the top box, and X5 in the bottom box.

6. Up comes a list of download types (applications, system configuration, etc.). I clicked on system configuration.

7. Up come two links. The top one is under "applications" and is specified for the Advanced (400MHz) version, so not mine. The bottom one is under "HTML" and is the only one there, so I clicked on it.

8. Now it shows a window which offers me a direct download or an ftp download. First I tried direct, and then for s**ts and grins I tried the ftp d/l also. Both give me the same file, which is only 482 KB.

9. I click on that file (I think it was R63738.exe or something like that, I am going from mem here, I am on my moms broadband computer here). It opens an html file which contains instructions on HOW to update. It tells me to double click on setup.exe.

10. I realized I do not have setup.exe. I have searched, I have d/led the file 4 times, I have used it on three different XPSP2/AS4.2 computers, I have unzipped with WinZip, Windows XP built in thing, IZArc, and WinRAR, and no matter what I do or where I look, no setup.exe anywhere!!!

Where am I supposed to find this? It should be no less than 10 MB in size, yet every time I download it I get a 482 KB file!

Please help me... if I can't figure this out soon, it will be EBay for this damn thing. And before you suggest it, I do NOT want WM2003, I want PPC2002A04...

Thanks guys.

[ikehiker]

Before anyone tries to help you figure out the problem you are having with the setup file, you should be aware that PPC02-A04 is not designed to work on the 300mHz version of the X5. It was only for use on the X5-400mHz. You really don't want to install it on your device

[linuxcrazyman]

It might not work well