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First post, by omega9380

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Hey all,

I picked up a second Gotek SFR1M44-U100 to have a spare and was flashing it with FlashFloppy. I use a CH341A USB programmer in TTL mode, STM32FLASH on Pop Linux. Just like my first Gotek (which works great), I ran the commands as per FlashFloppy's wiki:

 # sudo stm32flash -k /dev/ttyUSB0
# sudo stm32flash -vw FF_Gotek-v0.10.hex /dev/ttyUSB0

The first time I did this I didn't realize that my CH341 had a flaky solder job on the USB port. A bumped laptop later, my Gotek failed the flash. Now when I run the -k swicth on stm32flash, it successfully unlocks the chip for programming (no errors), however when I then try the -vw command, I get 'Failed to init device' every time.

I've since reflowed the USB port on my programmer to fix that issue. My question to you is, can I save my extra Gotek? Is there a way to fix a failed FlashFloppy flash? Help!

Reply 2 of 2, by omega9380

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Actually, with a stroke of inspiration (or maybe just a stroke, can't usually tell 😀 ), remembering that I had a USB-A to USB-A cable at work, I tried the DFU method on the FlashFloppy wiki, and my second Gotek lives! Thanks all!