Elecraft k3 lockup help

[RICHH]

I managed to make the AF and Rf gain inoperatable
 and the frequency display slowly
increase continuously by itself.
I managed this by using Ham Radio Deluxe ver 4
I turned the slider on the computer program and the volume control
on the radio separately.

I could only  change the volume running the HRD program
the radio controls were inoperative.
I tried a parameter initialization   that fixed it but when I went to
do a system restore  the problems resumed.


I did this again

thznks Richard
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[KD8NNU]

Gents,

I attempted to load the 4.22 beta software to try it out and the load failed
on the DSP load.  It failed at the end where it could not verify the
version.

I tried several times to load it and gave up and went back to the released
software.  Guess what the same error is happening.

I have forced a system reload, rebooted the computer several times, shut
down the radio several times and restarted but with no luck.

Any ideas on what to do the error code displayed is DS2 on the LCD, but the
error message in the downloader software is it can not verify the version.

I have looked thru the text file that it creates before I closed it and I
did not find any failed error codes.

I am puzzled.

Thanks
Don
KD8NNU


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[KD8NNU]

Group the problem was found with help from one of the Elecraft Software
Engineers.

Apparently I have a problem with my laptop computer.  After getting a
different computer loaded with all the software and drivers I was able to
get the software loaded.

So I am back on the Air and its time for bed.

Thanks  Dick for your support.

Don
KD8NNU


----- Original Message -----
From: "K2MK" <[hidden email]>
To: <[hidden email]>
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 5:01 PM
Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 DSP software wont load properly


> Hi Don,
>
> Check out the attached document. I can't remember where I got it but it
> worked for me once.
>
> 73,
> Mike K2MK
>


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[Alan Slusher-2]

?Don:

I didn't see your earlier post, but I am interested in finding out how the
problem manifested itself.
I have been trying to load K3 software using my current Dell laptop, running
Windows 7 Home Premium.
Nothing doing; takes an age (5 hours at least, endless reports of retries),
and there is always a problem at the end.
On the other hand, my older Dell laptop running Vista has no issues (except
with the latest beta - 4.22 - which none of them will handle properly.  The
Vista machine loads everything else, but the DSP 2.70 will not load; always
reverts to 2.60).
So I am stuck will the latest full, non-beta, release., which works fine,
except no APF!


Cheers,

Alan V31FA


-----Original Message-----
From: Don S
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 10:08 PM
To: Elecraft Reflector
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft K3 DSP software wont load properly

Group the problem was found with help from one of the Elecraft Software
Engineers.

Apparently I have a problem with my laptop computer.  After getting a
different computer loaded with all the software and drivers I was able to
get the software loaded.

So I am back on the Air and its time for bed.

Thanks  Dick for your support.

Don
KD8NNU




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[Jim AB3CV]

I discovered my new Dell Win7 laptop wouldn't load the K3 unless it had the
external power supply hooked up. It wouldn't work on battery alone.

I use the lateest FTDI based KUSB.

73

Jim ab3cv
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We've noticed the same thing on 15,000 E series Dell laptops at work.
Unplug the power supply and all sorts of flaky stuff starts happening
with anything plugged in that depends on the USB system for power.

God I love real serial ports.

On 12/6/2010 5:55 AM, Jim Miller wrote:
> I discovered my new Dell Win7 laptop wouldn't load the K3 unless it had the
> external power supply hooked up. It wouldn't work on battery alone.
>
> I use the lateest FTDI based KUSB.
>
> 73
>
> Jim ab3cv

>

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R. Kevin Stover

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[Guy, K2AV]

This starts with the devices using the voltage on the USB port to
operate.  The support of that pin as a "hard" 5v voltage source varies
all over the map.  And it is altogether TOO tempting for a gizmo maker
to count on more current than is really available, making USB devices
running on 3.5 or 4 volts all too common.

The worst of these power dupes are passive USB hubs.  The worst USB
ports are laptops and cheep-cheep port cards which were never
engineered by anybody, where the 5 volts is via tiny circuit board
traces that quickly start to become resistive with any load at all on
the USB port. Some of these port cards have *passive* USB Hubs on
them, even though there is 5v available on the card pins to
reconstitute the supply voltage.  Just another reason that the
*U*niversal in USB is a joke.

73, Guy.

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 6:55 AM, Jim Miller <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I discovered my new Dell Win7 laptop wouldn't load the K3 unless it had the
> external power supply hooked up. It wouldn't work on battery alone.
>
> I use the lateest FTDI based KUSB.
>
> 73
>
> Jim ab3cv
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