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Updating your Gmini Operating System (OS) software

Archos regularly makes software updates (correction of bugs) and upgrades (additional

functions and features) for its products. These are free of charge and downloadable

from the Archos website. Simply go to our website www.archos.com, and in the Software

section, locate your Gmini product and download the GMINI200.AOS ﬁ le to your

computer. Make sure you keep a safe copy of this ﬁ le in case you need it again.

8.1.1 Downloading the .AOS ﬁ le

When you click on the link to download the new

OS ﬁ le (the ﬁ le name will be something such as

the .AOS ﬁ le), your browser may warn you that

the contents of the download looks suspicious

and may harm your computer. This is because the

Windows® system does not know what a .AOS ﬁ le

is. Be assured that Archos has made every effort

to ensure that the ﬁ le does not contain viruses.

Click on the option Save to download this ﬁ le to

a convenient place, such as My Documents, in

order to later copy this ﬁ le to your Gmini. If your Gmini is connected to your PC while you

are connected to the internet, you can even save it directly to the Gmini.

8.1.2 Read the History Text File

You will also ﬁ nd next to the ﬁ rmware download, a text ﬁ le which details the list of

changes from the previous version of the OS (English only).

8.1.3 Copy to Gmini Root Directory

When updating your Operating System, you must keep the AC charger/adapter plugged

into the Gmini so that it will not shut down due to low batteries while you are performing

the update. Connect your Gmini to your computer (see chapter 5). Copy the .AOS ﬁ le

over to the Gmini’s root directory. The root directory is the highest level on the directory

structure of your Gmini. That means you should not put the .AOS in any special folder on

the Gmini. Thus when you look at your Gmini from your computer, you should see your

Music folder, your Playlist folder, the others and the Gmini will automatically notice the

existence of this new OS ﬁ le, update the Gmini, and then restart with the new OS.

Updating your Gmini Operating System (OS) software

Troubleshooting

9.1 USB Connection issues

Problem: I cannot get my Gmini to be recognized by the computer.

Solutions:

•

Shut off and reboot the computer and the Gmini and then try connecting

again in the preferred order mentioned in section 5.1.1.

• Only if using Windows 98SE, you must ﬁ rst install the drivers from the included

CD-ROM.

• If you installed the Windows 98SE driver on your Windows® XP, 2000, or ME

edition, this could cause problems. Uninstall that driver and then reinstall

the generic Windows® Mass Storage Device driver.

• If using a USB hub, try connecting without using the hub (some hubs are not

powered and may not work with the Gmini).

• If using a USB port in the front of your computer, try a USB port in the back.

Front USB ports are often from non-powered hubs.

• Do not connect to a USB port repeated through a keyboard.

• On older machines: The USB driver software on your computer may be out

of date. Find your USB chipset type by going to My Computer > Properties

> Device Driver > Universal Serial Bus (USB) Controllers > Host Controller.

You may have a chipset VIA, Intel, SIS or another. It is possible that you do

not have the latest software drivers for these chipsets. For VIA updates,

check out www.viaarena.com. For Intel check out www.intel.com. For SIS,

uninstall the driver and reinstall the Windows default USB controller drivers.

• On older machines: Make sure in your system BIOS the USB port is checked

“ON” not “Off”.

• On older machines: On Win98SE, if there is a line “lastdrive=” in the

conﬁ g.sys ﬁ le, make sure that it is “lastdrive=z”.

• If Macintosh OS 10.1.x says it cannot mount the volume, you can use Disk

Utility to reformat the Gmini hard drive to the type MS DOS FAT32. However,

ﬁ les will only be readable from a Macintosh, not a Windows machine.

• Windows® XP and 2000: If the File Allocation Table (FAT) gets corrupted, the

Gmini may not show up in Windows XP or 2000 for over one minute, and

then it comes up as local drive. Use DOS Utility ChkDsk as shown below.

• Windows® XP may recognize the Gmini disk drive but yet not assign a

drive letter. Right click on My Computer and select Manage. Then select

Storage and then Disk Management. Within this window you may see the

Gmini hard drive and be able to assign it a drive letter. Right click on the

graphic of the Gmini hard disk and select the command Change Drive

Letter and Paths. Enter the next free drive letter such as E: or F: .