"Graham" <XXXX@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>"Ed Hansberry, MS-MVP/Mobile Devices"
><spamfree-silvernino********.spambegone.com> wrote
>>
>> According to http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/pocketpc2002sp4.htm
>> it wasn't for the 3600. It may have been a ROM constraint. All
>> EUU's are ROM updates and the 3600 only came with 16MB of ROM.
>> After they shoehorned Pocket PC 2002 in there, and still had
>> enough room for EUU3, it is possible EUU4 just had too much data
>> to fit.
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>Ed that link does just list the two iPaqs that can be upgraded to EUU4. As I
>understand it, if HP don't implement the upgrade then it cannot/should not
>be done?
>
>You might be right about the ROM - The 3900 series has 48MB.
>
>BUT, I came across this post where someone installed it on a 3700 series
>iPaq and it worked.
>
>http://forum.brighthand.com/showthread.php?t=191413
>
>Interstingly, EUU3 does install on the 3670 but it does not install WMP8.5
>because of lack of ROM. Maybe something similar happens with EUU4 and only
>system is updated?
>
>So, suppose I try this after backing up to CF card with Sprite. What would
>worst case scenario be. Would it be possible that I would have no way of
>recovering?
It is a ROM update. Worst case, you brick the device and have to
send it back to HP for reflashing, and they might not support a
2002 device at all. the 3600 came out in 2000. I don't know any
PC manufacturer that would even service a box that old.
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