Recovery RoutinesUpdated 2 years ago
In case your unit will not boot normally, the Axe-Fx III, FM3, and FM9 have several built-in recovery routines. Depending on your situation, the following can help you get things working normally again.
PROBLEMS DURING/AFTER FIRMWARE UPDATE
Mishaps during firmware updates are rare but can occur. In the event that your unit will not boot normally after an update, our newest products include a built-in recovery system known as the “Emergency Boot Loader” which you can use to get back up and running again:
- Power down the unit and wait five seconds.
- Power on holding both PAGE LEFT and PAGE RIGHT buttons until the Emergency Utility page appears.
- Update as normal using Fractal-Bot.
PROBLEMS WITH A SINGLE PRESET
If your unit will not boot normally, the problem may just be the current preset. You can force the unit to load an empty initialized preset as follows:
- Power down the unit and wait five seconds.
- Power on holding HOME until the boot-up progress bar first appears.
- The unit will boot with an empty initialized preset in location "000". You can STORE this to any other location to overwrite a problematic preset.
PROBLEMS WITH GLOBAL SETTINGS OR PARAMETERS
In the unlikely event that a problematic system parameter prevents the unit from booting normally, you may use the following procedure to recover. Note that these steps will erase any custom settings including Global, I/O, MIDI, and all FC layouts.
- Power down the unit and wait five seconds.
- Power on holding EDIT until the boot-up progress bar first appears.
- Enter SETUP, open the Utilities menu, and page to Reset.
- Execute Reset System Parameters as indicated on-screen.
WARNING! Do NOT accidentally perform either of the "CLEAR" options! - Follow the on-screen instructions to execute. Press HOME when finished.
TIP: You can in fact hold both HOME and EDIT at once to reset the current preset and prevent loading saved global settings.