P3/SVGA help..

[Zbigniew Tyrlik]

just received used SVGA board.

Installed following the manual.

Nothing on external display.
tried 2 cables, 2 monitors.

Upgraded firmware on P3  to current 01.54, svga is on 01.25;  all SVGA menu options are accessible… but nothing on external display.

Opened top of P3,  the cable is aligned properly, red LED on SVGA board is blinking.


Totally lost..

73, de KU1T
_zjt
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[Paul Saffren N6HZ]

There are LEDs on the P3 front panel and on the SVGA board, both should be blinking.  If you plug a keyboard or USB thumbdrive into the SVGA board, you should see another LED light up on the SVGA board.

The next thing to try is a parameter reset on the P3.  Do that holding down the MENU key and then tapping the POWER key.  This will reinitialize any settings so you may first want to save the P3 configuration using the P3 Utility.  

Next check the revisions of the all the FPGA files located on the SVGA board.  You mentioned that you upgraded the firmware, but maybe one of these files could be corrupted (they control the video chip).  Rotate the encoder to the SVGA sub-menu and then enter it.  Rotate the encoder to select SVGA FW and select using a push of the encoder.  You should see 1.04 in FPGA 0 to FPGA 4.  

If none of that works, email me directly at Elecraft.  My email address is pauls at you know where dot com.

Kind regards,

Paul