Hey guys, new to the forums, and to this radio.

I received it from my brother since it would boot and get stuck at the Pioneer splash screen.  I read through the forums, and decided to install a clean copy of firmware 3.1 from this topic http://avic411.com/index.php?/topic/27807-fx31-complete-firmware-image/

Problem is, when I would enter the blue reset screen, and click Update sdcard format, it would get to Read 25% and the screen and keys would go black, so I restarted it and it booted into WinCE.

I tried to copy the files from the SD card to the My Flash Drive on the stereo, and it said there was not enough space.  So being the computer guru I am, I went into Control Panel, and formatted the partition that held My Flash Drive.

I recreated the My Flash Drive partition, but now even after copying the firmware 3.1 files, the radio will not boot.

Did deleting the original My Flash Drive partition just permanently brick my radio?

Thanks in advance for the help!

Scratch that, what I did actually fixed it, I was just too impatient when it was booting, and shut it off instead of completing the boot up, the first few boots are slow after a fresh firmware is installed.

Now I just have to install it in my Mountaineer

i need help doing what you did  , mine won't boot up at all .. all it does it restarts over and over just after i  thought i backed it up in case of problems likes these, but what i think i might have done is copy and paste the files i was suppose to back up to my SD card i pasted them over again on my flash drive.. i had jumped the gun to soon..