Just to double check, are you clicking "Send All New Firmware to K3" and not just loading the MCU?
Rick K6LE On 7/6/2011, at 9:52 , Scott Prather wrote: > I've been running FW 4.25 for some time now, primarily because there wasn't > any compelling reason for me to upgrade. However, this evening when I saw > Wayne's announcement for 4.39 I thought I'd give it a try. Unfortunately, I > ran into an unusual problem. > > I've installed FW dozens of times over the past three years that I've had the > K3, and never once saw a FW failure until this evening. The K3 Utility begins > loading 4.39 MCU, and when it gets to the point at which the utility invokes > an MCU reset, nothing happens and the K3 Utility loses communication with the > K3. Manually placing the K3 into the MCU load mode and restarting the K3 > Utility was required to re-enable communications. I ran the loader again, and > it failed the same way. Next, I tried to load 4.25, and the entire process > ran through to completion without a problem. But if I try to load any FW > above 4.25, the process always fails the MCU load at the MCU reset stage. > > My K3 is an early serial number (early 200's), has the KXV3, KRX3, KPA3, KAT3 > options, and I have the P3 (but no KPA500). I'm running the K3 Utility > 1.4.4.25 on Windows 7 with a "real" serial port. > > Any ideas what might be wrong? > > Tnx, > > Scott > N7NB ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
