MK3 left in darkness

AdamUK · #1 01-20-2008, 09:14 AM

I have a BMW MK3 sat nav unit which was on version SW 3-150.

I wanted to upgrade my firmware and used a download from www.simplymini.info with v26 files (this should take a MK3 to v22).

I popped in the CD, watched the "loading software" screen before my screen went black, and is now permanently black. After some struggle I managed to eject my CD but now I am left in eternal darkness on my screen

Can anyone help me?

E5M1R · #2 01-22-2008, 10:41 AM

You can try to bring it to life with this http://www.megaupload.com/se/?d=38K1ILCU for some reason this is the best try for dead MK III

KiwiJochen · #3 01-23-2008, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AdamUK

I have a BMW MK3 sat nav unit which was on version SW 3-150.

I wanted to upgrade my firmware and used a download from www.simplymini.info with v26 files (this should take a MK3 to v22).

I popped in the CD, watched the "loading software" screen before my screen went black, and is now permanently black. After some struggle I managed to eject my CD but now I am left in eternal darkness on my screen

Can anyone help me?

You probably burnt a Mode1 CD. This will crash the nav

You can only load software from a Mode2/Form1 ISO image.
Check in ImgBurn that the image is the correct format

Throw away the Mode1 CD, burn a Mode2/Form1 CD, and the nav will come back to life.

Jochen