great_destroyer Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Hi, I've not had much luck looking through these forums for someone who has had the same issue. A few years ago I tried to reflash my guitar but it failed mid-update and I effectively bricked it. I have dusted it off and I am trying to reinstall the firmware by reflashing. I have a Variax 500, connected to my Mac via the Variax USB Interface. The interface recognises the Variax as I have the two green lights. Line 6 monkey cannot see the Variax when it scans my devices, just the USB interface. When trying to reflash/update the guitar I have downloaded the correct .vxf file from the Line 6 website, yet I have no idea what to do with that. I have the original Workbench software installed and it cannot see the Variax. Anybody got any ideas? Older equipment just isn't worth the bother sometimes! Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinHines Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 I would suggest uninstalling the current version of Line 6 Monkey, then download an OLDER version and install the older version and test it. I have a Variax Acoustic 700 on which I wanted to update the Flash Memory. The current Line 6 Monkey (v1.77) did not "see" my Acoustic 700. Line 6 Monkey (v1.70) finally "saw" my Acoustic 700 and I was able to reflash the memory. I can only conclude that Line 6 has not carried full support for older products into the newest versions of Line 6 Monkey. [Note: I downloaded and tested ALL of the Line 6 Monkey versions between 1.77 and 1.70. I had to go back to 1.70 to get it to work]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
great_destroyer Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 Thanks Martin, I will give it a try and post on here if it works. Its this kind of thing that puts me off the Shuriken...a lot of money and Line 6 could stop supporting it in the most distant future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psarkissian Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Monkey should see it. It sees all my old Variax guitars here in the lab. Chances are the guitars need servicing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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