Bill-RTP
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RESOLVED - Axe FX II Will Not Boot
Hey fellow rockers,
I'm actually sending this on behalf of the band's bassist. We both have Axe FX IIs but ran into a major problem with his yesterday during practice. He was in tuner mode and the Axe just stopped responding, and after a power cycle it appeared to boot but the preset showed no name or amps, and then the Axe would completely lock up after trying to advance to another preset. We eventually had to to a Recall-Power On combo just to get it communicating to Fractal Bot, and then tried to reapply FW17 (which is where he was at). After the firmware and reboot we saw the same activity as before, so we tried the same Recall - Power On, loaded up FW 18.03, and then used Fractal Bot to apply all new factory presets. After reboot, same deal....locked solid after advancing one or 2 presets.
While doing all of this we had the Axe FX completely isolated, no instrument / midi / etc connected.
So, are we looking at needing a new EPROM (Recovery Boot ROM)? I figured for the price it was a good idea to order a couple for my Axe FX just in case, but has anyone seen this happen ever before? It would have made sense if we powered off during an update or if an update failed for whatever reason, but it literally was working one second, and then this happened.
Love to hear your thoughts and/or ideas.
Bill
(Oh. and we have a gig in 6 days so were a bit on edge with this.)
Hey fellow rockers,
I'm actually sending this on behalf of the band's bassist. We both have Axe FX IIs but ran into a major problem with his yesterday during practice. He was in tuner mode and the Axe just stopped responding, and after a power cycle it appeared to boot but the preset showed no name or amps, and then the Axe would completely lock up after trying to advance to another preset. We eventually had to to a Recall-Power On combo just to get it communicating to Fractal Bot, and then tried to reapply FW17 (which is where he was at). After the firmware and reboot we saw the same activity as before, so we tried the same Recall - Power On, loaded up FW 18.03, and then used Fractal Bot to apply all new factory presets. After reboot, same deal....locked solid after advancing one or 2 presets.
While doing all of this we had the Axe FX completely isolated, no instrument / midi / etc connected.
So, are we looking at needing a new EPROM (Recovery Boot ROM)? I figured for the price it was a good idea to order a couple for my Axe FX just in case, but has anyone seen this happen ever before? It would have made sense if we powered off during an update or if an update failed for whatever reason, but it literally was working one second, and then this happened.
Love to hear your thoughts and/or ideas.
Bill
(Oh. and we have a gig in 6 days so were a bit on edge with this.)
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