factory reset

28 Nov 2010

Is there a way to do a "factory reset" to the mbed? It was working fine, but now, when I plug it to the pc, it won't show the drive. The status led is on, and the leds are running as the last program I loaded is suposed to.

Since I can't access the drive,is there a way to clean the flash memory ?

28 Nov 2010

Press and hold down the reset button and connect the USB. This will stop any program you may have uploaded and the drive should appear on the PC, where you can clean or format it.

28 Nov 2010

thanks for the quick reply.

That solution isn't working. Already tried also with other usb cables, since some have had problems with the cable.

28 Nov 2010

Hi Sergio,

Have you tried the troubleshooting at http://mbed.org/cookbook/deadmbed ?

28 Nov 2010

Yes I didi, Dan. It was the 1st steps before searching the forum for tips.

29 Nov 2010

Hi Sergio,

Assuming you are still having problems, and holding down the reset button while plugging in or trying a different PC doesn't work, drop us a line at support@mbed.org and we'll see what we can do.

Thanks,

Simon

04 Dec 2010

Simon, do you know how long it usually takes to receive an answer ? I sent the mail a few days ago and haven't received any response.

thanks

04 Dec 2010

Hi Sergio,

I'll chase it for you. Sorry for the delay...

Simon