Forum:Is firmware on a chip or in HIDDEN PARTITIONS of SPP?

I was wondering if the firmware was on a flashrom/chip or if it is on the SPPHD hard drive's hidden partitions. If it's on the partitions can the partitions be backed up with GHOST or ACRONIS TRUE IMAGE?

FYI-Just bought my SPPHD from Fry's for $169.99 + 3yr Warranty $29.99 + 8.5%tax = $216.98

MacDaddy SF 20:02, November 1, 2009 (UTC)MacDaddY SF


 * The OS and media player are on the first partition and second partitions of the hard drive. The third partition is a swap drive, and the fourth is the media.  I don't know if Ghost/Acronis will make a backup correctly, because there are several sectors at the beginning of the hard drive that are not in a partition but are still critical to the boot up process of the ScreenPlay and are reserved for updating it.  But if you are concerned about the firmware getting lost and not being able to restore it, don't be.  You can download the firmware from Iomega and restore it.  --JCoug 06:10, November 2, 2009 (UTC)

I was so impatient I went ahead and dove in and messed up the first attempt when I threw all the IOMTOOLS files into the SETUP directory and I got a FAILED screen (followed by a heart attack). Just kept trying the steps and got all the hacks implemented and working, but it took the whole day yesterday.

QUESTION - I can't seem to get the ctorrent to start downloading a torrent. I tried making several port forwards with one port (59332) and a range of port starting from the one that defaults in the IOMTOOLS (59332-59400). Using a Dlink DGL-4300 router firmware v1.8. Only trying to download one small 7MB torrent for testing BTW.

Just an FYI, for others, is that the IOMTOOLS states to "use the composite cables or you will not see the progress of the updates", but when using the r1.8 firmware, for customizing, (which came on the SPP HD) the firmware progress IS viewable through the HDMI cable.

JCoug great site! You are doing a great job here! Thank you!

MacDaddy SF 20:14, November 2, 2009 (UTC)MacDaddy SF