Patch is not working

[Terry_Kennedy]

Unbelievable!!!  If anyone has any ideas on how this might be repaired, let me know, although I guess it really doesn't matter anymore since I now have two hacked Music Kegs.

It depends on how much of a computer geek you are. If it was me, I'd take the drive out of the DMS and use a 2.5" to 3.5" IDE adapter to hook the drive up to a spare PC, and then either run the manufacturer's full "this will destroy your data" diagnostic (if the manufacturer offers one - I know Seagate and Western Digital do), or boot a Unix CD and dd the whole disk.

Of course, that will destroy the magic signature that the PhatBox checks (not a problem with a hacked box, however). I seem to recall that the hack tools offer a way of saving (and restoring?) the signature.

However, a brand new 320GB drive is only around $90 and an 80GB drive is under $50.

[VorTechS]

Unfortunately I never wrote the restore bit, but it does log the backup stringso it's to reverse that to perform a restore.
I will add it to the list of things to do for the next version that no-one is crying out for

Otherwise I'm very glad things workd out in the end.  Very strange problem you had, reverting the old files is such a weird behavior I wouldn't even know where to start dignosing the problem!

[sbingner]

I suggest telling the DMS tools to create it as a "new DMS" -- that won't overwrite your signature and it'll completely wipe everything off it.

[slowwagon]

None of the actions are selectable in DMS Tools Mode.  Would that be normal behavior for original DMS's?

[sbingner]

I didn't think so... Vor?

Otherwise you could just try formatting them as FAT32 from windows -- if you can't do it from explorer you can use "mkdosfs" or another utility

[VorTechS]

Sorry been away for a bit.  It would be normal if you haven't selected a DMS cartridge and firmware version...

[slowwagon]

No worries, I have a new 80 gig drive that is working, but with one hitch.  I plays my music playlists perfectly, but I get the "Corrupt Track" announcement when I try to play my Audible playlists.  Any suggestions?

[Terry_Kennedy]

No worries, I have a new 80 gig drive that is working, but with one hitch.  I plays my music playlists perfectly, but I get the "Corrupt Track" announcement when I try to play my Audible playlists.  Any suggestions?

Missing plugin?

[slowwagon]

There's an Audible plugin?

[Terry_Kennedy]

There's an Audible plugin?

Yup. It's a standard one, so it probably doesn't appear in any list of optional plugins.

I believe it is the aadec file. For the BMW version of the Phatbox, it seems to have appeared in version 7.00, which notes "3. Audible support added".

That means it should be in any firmware newer than July 31, 2002 (you can check your DMS's PHTSYS for the aadec file).

[slowwagon]

Well, then it should be on the DMS since I did a full repair with Kenwood firmware v13.01.  I'll have to check it when I get back home.