Problems loading Hog3 v3.0.2 Full Install

Hello,

I have been attempting to upgrade the software on the hog3 to get it up to version 3.0.2
I have downloaded the Full install version of the software from the site, checked the downloaded file with the MD5 checksum (which produces a result of OK) and burned the Iso disk image to a CD using DeepBurner as recommended so that I have a CD with 662 Files, 447 Folders totalling approx 278MB on it that I then stick in the desk.

On power up, I hold down the Pig button until the options menu appears then select Full Install and say Yes to the overwriting of show files. The Cd drive then whirrs away happily for 20 or 30 seconds and the screens flash to black then back to the Blue III logos. Then the desk goes quiet for a while before reading a bit more from the CD drive, a screen comes up saying that the desk is probing drives (which I assume is the desk trying to reboot) then freezes with just the blue screens on display and stays like that indefinitely (I have left the desk over an hour in this state.)

I have read through a lot of useful posts on these forums and from messages on there, I assumed that the issue was with the CD that I had originally made. I have now tried redownloading the software from the site again and burning multiple disks from different PC's using a variety of ISO burning software including Alcohol120%, Nero, DeepBurner and a few others at slower burn speeds with no change in the results. I have also downloaded previous versions of the software (v3.0 and v2.6.0) and tried them with no success.

The desk itself has the correct Bios loaded (Build 17 Nov 6th 2003) and has no other devices connected e.g wings, external peripherals or DP's. The internal drives appear to be connected properly and the desk was working properly before the software upgrade.

So, my question is, what do I try now?

Any help and advice greatly appreciated. I need to get the desk working within the next 5 days or so ideally.

Thankyou in anticipation.

Colin
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    Hi Cormac

    The console is still sticking in the blue startup screens after attempting the full install.

    I have been in contact with Mitch in support and on his advice changed the Hard Drive and also the BIOS Battery but so far, there is no success.

    The desk was previously running v2.6.0 and was perfectly stable and happy. It currently doesn't do anything except go through the motions of installing the full install and then freezing.

    The CD drive was working fine before the full install as I backed up old show file to it.

    Now it doesn't seem to read any full install disk that I put in the desk. I have checked all of the download files with the MD5 checker. So I suspect that it has to some sort of problem with the disks that I am burning. I have tried numerous different burning programs but nothing seems to work yet.

    Any other suggestions gratefully received.

    Thanks

    Colin
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    Hi Cormac

    The console is still sticking in the blue startup screens after attempting the full install.

    I have been in contact with Mitch in support and on his advice changed the Hard Drive and also the BIOS Battery but so far, there is no success.

    The desk was previously running v2.6.0 and was perfectly stable and happy. It currently doesn't do anything except go through the motions of installing the full install and then freezing.

    The CD drive was working fine before the full install as I backed up old show file to it.

    Now it doesn't seem to read any full install disk that I put in the desk. I have checked all of the download files with the MD5 checker. So I suspect that it has to some sort of problem with the disks that I am burning. I have tried numerous different burning programs but nothing seems to work yet.

    Any other suggestions gratefully received.

    Thanks

    Colin
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