So it seems like some :spark: owners want to go slightly advanced but instructions for installing the DFU-driver is a little vague. How to put your core in DFU-mode Press on BOTH buttons Release only the Reset button Release the Mode button once the core start blinking yellow This will be the df…

@wesner0019 , if you have winzip or 7zip or winrar, you should be able to right-click on the file and open it as an archive. If so, open the .tar file which is also an archive. Once open, open the directory you will see (dfu-util-0.8-binaries) and you will see the win32-mingw32 directory. The cont…

@peekay123 , got it, working now, thanks!

I tried for hours to get this to work on my windows7 machine. The dfu-util would never see the core. I finally read on another post that the dfu-util doesn’t like usb3 ports. I switched to a usb2 port and volia it works. If dfu-util doesn’t see it, change it to a usb2 Port (usb3 didn’t work for …

what do you mean exactly mean by [image] kennethlimcp: make sure your path is that where dfu-util.exe is I did all the above but I can't find dfu-util.exe and when I write dfu-util in cmd I get: 'dfu-util' is not recognized as an internal or external command...... What is the problem?

@mohmhus , Windows has an application search path. Open a CMD prompt and type “path” and you will see what your present windows search path is. For dfu-util to run from any directory, windows needs to find it. It does this by looking in the search path. You need to add the directory where you put…

If you look at the end of the tutorial, i have already provided a link on how to do that :wink:

Thank you very much The problem was that I didn’t know what a .tar file is :joy:

Hello, Is it working for Photon? Thank you

Thank you. I have tried it and no problem.

Tutorial: Installing DFU-Driver on Windows [24 Feb 2015]

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For Windows, this might be interesting as well

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