Or I expect trouble. If a model number is off the update fails too. Also, if the product has some other mainboard, it fails.
Time to tell Sam all about it and tell them to send techs out to get it fixed.
When Sam sends USB keys, the key should be ready to use. If you alter it, well....
Bob
I've tried on 2 occasions now ( version 1015 and latest 101
to Extract/WinZip the Firmware Update files from Samsung Web-site to a memory stick, including a Samsung Memory stick. However each time when I plug the memory stick into the USB at the front of the BD E8500M/XU, then run from Settings, Support, Software Update, by USB it simply displays no files found. Particularly frustrating when you go to all the trouble of following the fairly poor instructions provided on the web- site. Do all the decompressing, and end up with the B-ECBHRDEUC folder, containing the Image folder, containing the files. It certainly looks identical to the Samsung Firmware USB Key (Samsung sent containing version 1017), but NO FILES FOUND!
Samsung have just sent me the Samsung Firmware USB Key containing version 1018 ( have examined it on the PC and again it looks identical to the one I created using the Download routine on the web- site).
Can anyone enlighten me as to where I'm going wrong, or perhaps the web-site is misleading?
The latest Samsung Firmware USB Key comes with an instruction sheet telling me to uncompress the Firmware file to RUF file ( *.ruf) doesn't match what's on the Samsung Firmware Update site. Never mind hey, at least I've received the 1018 update. Does it work? I haven't installed it yet, call me suspicious/cautious I just want to see whether anyone else has managed to download this version successfully and is encouraged by it's apparent changes/updates??

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