Hi

It shouldn't permanently mess up your POD or your computer by trying again.  Yes, if given a choice i would say that your best bet is to plug into a rear USB port on a desktop computer.  You can try any of your PC's USB ports.  It was probably a MIDI communication error which stopped the update from going through.   Try a different USB cable if you have one.

Unplug any other peripherals.  Try downloading the firmware update file from the Downloads page and updating from file.

Try updating the POD whilst it's in SAFE mode or TEST mode which on the HD300 I believe might be achived by holding down the left button on the 4 way Nav Pad whilst you power on.  On the HD500 it's the right button that needs to be held down

Nick

Hi Rockyanez + Nick,

sorry for coming back to an old posting, but I have the same problem now after trying to update my HD300 to the latest firmware V2.01 yesterday. Now, when I start it, the display first shows "Pod HD300 V2.01 please wait..." and after it there comes the "DSP Boot failed" and the display changes into clear dislplay immediately. So, like I wrote before: it seems that the latest Firmware (V2.01) is on the Pod, but something else is going wrong. If I connected with my PC via USB and opening Monkey V1.58 (so also the latest version), i'll be told, that all items are up to date. I don' tknow what to do now...!   I can't find the SAFE or TEST Mode like you (Nick) wrote while press the left button (A-AMP-pro/post) on the 4 way NavPad and power on. With this combination, at my HD300 ther will start the factory restore - which I also tryed yet, but after it I get the same error with the DSP Boot Failed". Has anybody of you any other tip? Thanks in advance...!

Heiko