Im using w7 64 and a usb to serial cable, running ok with k3 utility, and upgraded to the latest...
enviado desde mi HTC El 09/09/2011 23:47, "Guy Olinger K2AV" <olin...@bellsouth.net> escribió: > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
