Search for this string "ATAdpua". The byte immediately after it is 0, change it to 1. This byte occurs at offset 0x4030 and 0x4230 as shown below. I changed only the byte at 0x4230 and that stopped the endless rebooting after flash update. 0004000: 2141 5441 736f 736f 0000 0000 00c2 0000...

Quote: Also, do you have it set to slave or master? Master. i.e., put on the jumper. Quote: And do the LEDs come on when it's working or when it's NOT working? LED on the adapter card is on when the CF card is being accessed. Does not indicated success or failure, just...

Ok, I figured out how to get the CF upgrade to work on my 3G iPod WITHOUT needing to clone firmware and files from a working harddisk. 1) Follow steps 3 through 5 in darkfury18's DIY post. (This will successfully restored your iPod and update the internal boot flash, but at this point the...

darkfury18, Excellent DIY post!!! I have acquired a 16GB CF card, and CF adapter, but now stuck at step 6 because I do not have a working Harddisk to copy files from.... Can you post, or send me a zip file containing the files/folders backed up in step 8, and the firmware image dd'd in...