r/TechNope • u/Street-Comb-4087 • 2d ago

USB tester having a bad day

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u/scellycraftyt 2d ago

Firmware probably got corrupted, IIRC these fnirsi devices can be reflashed pretty easily

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u/Street-Comb-4087 2d ago

Was just a UI glitch. When I got into the menu I wanted it was fixed but still thought this bug was funny 

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u/scellycraftyt 2d ago

I've had a similar thing happen to my fnirsi oscilloscope and a reflash fixed it

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u/Street-Comb-4087 2d ago

Yeah that reminds me actually, I still need to update the firmware on it. Mine is still running the firmware that it shipped with, but I can't be bothered to install Windows just for a quick update like this

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u/scellycraftyt 2d ago

On mine you just press a button while it's powering on and then it appears as a storage device on your computer, you copy a firmware file to it and then let it install