User Manual

User's Guide HDSPe AES © RME

10.3 De-Installing the Drivers

A de-installation of the HDSPe driver files is not necessary – and not supported by Windows

anyway. Thanks to full Plug & Play support, the driver files will not be loaded after the hardware

has been removed. If desired these files can then be deleted manually.

Unfortunately Windows Plug & Play methods do not cover the additional autorun entries of To-

talMix, the Settings dialog, and the registration of the ASIO driver. Those entries can be re-

moved from the registry through a software de-installation request. This request can be found

(like all de-installation entries) in Control Panel, Software. Click on the entry 'RME Hammerfall

DSP (WDM)'.

10.4 Firmware Update

The Flash Update Tool updates all e HDSPe series products to the latest firmware version. It

requires an already installed driver.

Start the program pcie_fut.exe. The Flash Update Tool displays the current revision of the

HDSPe AES, and whether it needs an update or not. If so, then please press the 'Update' but-

ton. A progress bar will indicate when the flash process is finished. The bar moves slowly first

(program), then faster (verify).

If more than one interface card is installed, all cards can be flashed by changing to the next tab

and repeating the process.

After the update the PCI Express card needs to be reset. This is done by powering down and

shutting off the PC. A warm boot is not enough!

When the update fails (status: failure), the card's second BIOS will be used from the next cold

boot on (Secure BIOS Technology). Therefore the card stays fully functional. The flash process

should then be tried again on a different computer.