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WD6DBM

HELP! K3 dead

Dear Gang:

Powered up my K3 tonight, and I see a blank LCD display. No error messages. No response to any knobs. Won't power off, but it just beeped 5 times. Shall I EEinit?

Thanks, Eric WD6DBM
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WD6DBM

Re: HELP! K3 dead

OK, I oculd not get the K3 to turn off, so I pulled the plug *GULP* Initiated EE INIT but now the K3 is frozen with EE INIT on the LCD. Does this take more than 10 minutes? If not, WHAT NEXT??? My vague sense of dread is rapidly building.

73 Eric WD6DBM
From: Gary Gregory <[hidden email]>
To: eric norris <[hidden email]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] HELP! K3 dead

Absolutely!
Gary

On 10 August 2011 11:27, eric norris <[hidden email]> wrote:

Dear Gang:

>
>Powered up my K3 tonight, and I see a blank LCD display. No error messages. No response to any knobs. Won't power off, but it just beeped 5 times. Shall I EEinit?
>
>Thanks, Eric WD6DBM
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Re: HELP! K3 dead

OK, I'm copying the reflector in hopes this will be useful to someone.

1. Started EE INIT which froze. Again, K3 would not turn off, would not respond to any button pushes.

2. Pulled out the ACC cable, which has a gazillion things attached to it. EE INIT completed.

3. Loaded a saved configuration (FEB11).

4. Forced new firmware load

5. Plugged in ACC cable master and VOILA! Same problem.

6. Unplugged each item attached to ACC with a Y cable, in this order, to see if the K3 would respond. 1. KPA500 2 PR6 3 TOP TEN BAND DECODER 4) XV MASTER (one cable goes to another split with one side to an XV144, the other to XV432) K3 now responded.

I unplugged and replugged the XV MASTER a few times and now everything works again. I have no idea what happened. I looked in the manual and could not find a reference to what to do when the K3 freezes and will not power off. Is there a way to force a shutdown without pulling the power plug?

Elapsed time: 90 minutes. Relief: Incalculable

73

Eric WD6DBM
From: Gary Gregory <[hidden email]>
To: eric norris <[hidden email]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] HELP! K3 dead

Eric,

I would power down the K3 and wait a few minutes and then try again. The FW is corrupted is my guess but you cannot hurt it doing the eeinit.

I have had this happen one time in over 3 years and from memory I had to do it a third time and it was fine, I then reloaded the latest FW and all came good from then on.

Gary

On 10 August 2011 12:47, eric norris <[hidden email]> wrote:

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>OK, I oculd not get the K3 to turn off, so I pulled the plug *GULP* Initiated EE INIT but now the K3 is frozen with EE INIT on the LCD. Does this take more than 10 minutes? If not, WHAT NEXT??? My vague sense of dread is rapidly building.
>
>73 Eric WD6DBM
>From: Gary Gregory <[hidden email]>
>To: eric norris <[hidden email]>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 9, 2011 7:11 PM
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] HELP! K3 dead
>
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>
>Absolutely!
>Gary
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>On 10 August 2011 11:27, eric norris <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>Dear Gang:
>>
>>Powered up my K3 tonight, and I see a blank LCD display. No error messages. No response to any knobs. Won't power off, but it just beeped 5 times. Shall I EEinit?
>>
>>Thanks, Eric WD6DBM
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>>Elecraft mailing list
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>VK4FD - Motorhome Mobile
>Elecraft Equipment
>K3 #679, KPA-500 #018
>Living the dream!!!
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