Yes, I seem to have one of the tight ones. I wanted to put blades on my MMR but I don't think it would work it is so tight.

I had the same problem when I tried it yesterday. I just tried it again today (around 10:30 pm) and it still didn't work. Oh well...

My install did the same thing. Just before it was completed (95%+ complete), I looked away for a minute, and when I looked back it said the install failed. But when I rebooted the machine, it said 3.0 is installed. I didn't think much of it because the pin plays fine. I am still waiting for the topper, XL screen, etc. but am now worried they won't work properly. I guess we will find out when the upgrades finally start shipping.

I had the same problem when I tried to install 3.0 a couple months ago--same error message but booted up and said it was running 3.0. My Topper/Lighting/Display kit arrived yesterday and it included an sd card preloaded with 3.0. I reinstalled 3.0 using this sd card, got the same error message, but it still booted up in 3.0. I just finished installing the topper and the topper lighting works so I assume the install is actually fine. I will know more when I compete the display and lighting install, but the topper lighting isn't supposed to work unless 3.0 is installed so I am optimistic that it is fine.

Thanks for the heads up! I installed my Topper today and probably would have mounted it without confirming the cables reached beforehand.

2 other things I noticed with my install--1. If you have a real knocker installed in the backbox and used the pre-dimpled spot for the knocker, you will have to shift the striker plate to the right about a half-inch to make room for the rear-left Topper t-nut and mounting screw. 2. The female connectors on the supplied grounding wire were too small for the grounding spades on the controller boards you are supposed to connect them to. I was lucky enough to have larger connectors on hand and simply swapped them out but it would have been very frustrating to have to stop and find some at a local store before continuing.

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I used a thin drywall putty blade to initially get under the original wood mounting block to raise it just enough to get a small pry-bar tool underneath and slowly pry it off the bottom. I was lucky and mine was mounted just with 4 staples--no glue! It came up easily and clean; no sanding necessary.

Thanks for the heads up Lloyd--I was considering trying to hook them up as described in some earlier posts. Can you elaborate on the issues that this could cause?

Ah, so there is hope! Good advice though--I'll probably hold off for a while anyway and see if any issues pop up for those that have performed that mod. In the middle of the GI lighting mod now...so far so good!

I just completed my GI Lighting install. It took me about 3 and half hrs from opening the Lighting kit to finish. I didn't note the time it took me for the Topper and Display install but both of them were quicker to install than the lighting. I would think that 6-10 hrs for all three is a probably a good estimate.

I received a loaded micro sd card and topper board with both my Topper kit and the Lighting kit--so 2 total sd cards and topper boards if you get both of those kits. Seems as if CGC could charge a little less for those of us buying all 3 kits by only including one sd card and one topper board. Oh well, now I have a spare if I ever need it I suppose!

Thanks for the directions! It was very simple and took under 10 mins. IMO the color changing speakers really complement the color display and are so much nicer visually than the solid blue ones. Weird that it doesn't come that way in the first place and has to be modded afterward.