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Thanks Jim,
Have PMed u my mail address ... and we did remove our target device from the
board before the fatal upgrade :(

Regards
Ranjit


On 2/16/07, Jim Wagner <jim_d_wagner@applelinks.net> wrote:
>
>   There are instructions on the AVRFreaks website for dealing
> with this. You SHOULD NOT do an update with the target
> processor installed on the board, if I recall correctly.
>
> That info does not appear to be on AVRFreaks any more. I do
> have a copy, however, and can send it to you if you provide
> an e-mail address.
>
> Jim Wagner
>
>
> On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:28:58 +0530
> "Ranjit Puri" <ranjit.puri@gmail.com <ranjit.puri%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We managed to put a STK500 board out of action, something
> > went wrong during
> > the firmware upgrade process (we installed the latest AVR
> > studio), after
> > which we got a verification error in studio ... followed
> > by an upgrade
> > failed message ...
> >
> > We are now noticing the following symptoms
> > 1. USB to RS232 converter, when connected to the STK, on
> > its own and
> > repeatedly connects and disconnects to the PC we surmise
> > that the Bloader on
> > the tiny2313 has conked off and is sending loads of funny
> > data on the UART
> > causing some buffer overflow or the like to occur in the
> > converter and
> > thereby periodically resetting it.
> > 2. The status LED on the STK is a constant orange.
> > 3. The Board is no longer detected by AVR studio and we
> > are unable to
> > manually re-program the onboard uCs with the .ebn file
> >
> > Anyone wid any advice on how to get the STK500 back to
> > its working self, Plz
> > do reply..
> >
> > A solution we are hoping will work (and we'll try this
> > tomorrow) is to sniff
> > tiny2313 firmware from another board and re-dump it into
> > this board ... we
> > donno if this is a feasible idea ... but we'll try ...
> >
> > If u have a better Idea, or some insights due to a prev
> > experience like the
> > one above.. Plz Help !!
> >
> >
> > Regards
> > Ranjit
> >
> >
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> >
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Ranjit


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