This really sounds more like things that have been reported here in the past, eventually pinned on the com port that gets wings because something else hijacks the com port in mid-transfer, OR the com port has more than one item assigned to it and something else running on the computer goes for it. OR a USB port or separate USB hub is underpowered (this is exceedingly common), and the hub goes bad with more than one item attached if more than one stream is active. This last was actually true of motherboard USB ports on one motherboard, and only a separate PCI USB card, with it's drivers, and completely separate UN-shared paths to USB devices would fix it. The motherboard ports "sort-of" worked, the issue was intermittent and it drove us nuts. Cheep crap on the motherboard.
What OS and version are you people running? 73, Guy. On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 12:07 PM, PTA_ABD <wb2...@roadrunner.com> wrote: > Stan: > I had a firmware download failure last night using the latest Utility. > Started out OK, but totally disappeared about half way thru MCU 4.39. Got > the "blank screen of Death" on the K3. The utility had started hunting for > the com port it was already using. Eventually got the force-fed firmware > install ( shown in Utility Help) to take on the 4th try. > > Think you have to shut the computer down as well as the rig before doing > the force-feed. The Utility also showed a com port that was not available: > perhaps this is what you ran into. > > Paul WB2ABD > K3 #129 + > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
