BMW 520d F10 2012 - iDrive - White Screen - Mount Timeout
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Hi,
Hoping that someone can help me with an intermittent issue I have with my UK 2012 BMW 520d F10.
Sometimes (no real pattern) my idrive screen comes up white with a message stating Mount Check Wait and a further message stating Mount Timeout (I have attached an image of this).
I work in IT and believe that the mount message is due to it trying to mount a storage volume but why is this happening?
I dont have an additional bmw hard drive and I do use a usb drive for mp3's. I have got this message though when the usb drive is unplugged.
I have searched and searched but it appears no one else has reported this issue. I have also searched for a method to reboot the idrive - everything points at holding the mute/volume knob down for 25 seconds but this doesnt work either on the error screen or when the idrive is working fine. I have also tried the method for older idrives which is to hold the mute/volume knob and the eject button together for a period of time again with no joy.
My idrive doesnt have sat nav and doesnt have dab. I have also updated the fireware to the latest official version and the problem still persists.
Thanks in advance for any help and I hope someone knows what is going on here.
Dave
Hoping that someone can help me with an intermittent issue I have with my UK 2012 BMW 520d F10.
Sometimes (no real pattern) my idrive screen comes up white with a message stating Mount Check Wait and a further message stating Mount Timeout (I have attached an image of this).
I work in IT and believe that the mount message is due to it trying to mount a storage volume but why is this happening?
I dont have an additional bmw hard drive and I do use a usb drive for mp3's. I have got this message though when the usb drive is unplugged.
I have searched and searched but it appears no one else has reported this issue. I have also searched for a method to reboot the idrive - everything points at holding the mute/volume knob down for 25 seconds but this doesnt work either on the error screen or when the idrive is working fine. I have also tried the method for older idrives which is to hold the mute/volume knob and the eject button together for a period of time again with no joy.
My idrive doesnt have sat nav and doesnt have dab. I have also updated the fireware to the latest official version and the problem still persists.
Thanks in advance for any help and I hope someone knows what is going on here.
Dave
Looks more like a startup failure in the firmware, along the lines of what you'd get with U-Boot, though you'd only expect that at power up.
Usual sequence in embedded stuff involves loading the bootloader from a small bit of ROM/Flash then doing early device init then doing the full load by mounting & booting the main storage device (like eMMC or SD or whatever).
Could be there is a latent fault with the embedded storage & it's starting to struggle to work.
This could also explain the magic key sequences not working if it's failing before they've been initialised.
Usual sequence in embedded stuff involves loading the bootloader from a small bit of ROM/Flash then doing early device init then doing the full load by mounting & booting the main storage device (like eMMC or SD or whatever).
Could be there is a latent fault with the embedded storage & it's starting to struggle to work.
This could also explain the magic key sequences not working if it's failing before they've been initialised.
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