I was under the impression that the battery is only used to power the
real-time clock, and config is stored in EEPROM/flash.

If I was Tom, I'd try the "EE INIT" (page 66 in the manual) and see
what happens...

    ~iain / N6ML



On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Joe Subich, W4TV <li...@subich.com> wrote:
>
> Replace the memory back-up battery ... it's probably dead and you
> are losing the configuration each time you remove power.
>
> 73,
>
>    ... Joe, W4TV
>
>
>
> On 9/10/2011 4:02 PM, cx...@4email.net wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have been away for 3 months. The K3 was completely disconnected from
>> antennas, power supply, including removing the PP from the back of the rig.
>> Today I decided to update the firmware and when I turned the power on, I
>> got err BP1, then LPF, IO3, IF1, XV3, AT3, PA1, and BP3. After that, it
>> worked fine. I hooked it up to dummy load and got full power on all
>> bands...turned it off, same result, BP1, LPF, etc. I could use any of
>> the rocker switches/buttons on the front panel and any of them would
>> cycle to next error msg, in the same order as the first time..then work
>> ok. I had an older firmware so decided to put 4.39 in the radio, along
>> with the DSP1/DSP2. AFter the successful download, same thing....power
>> up....BP1, LPF, etc.
>>
>> Any ideas, suggestions?
>>
>> 73
>> Tom
>> CX7TT
>> P.S. K3 #250, factory built...3 times back to the factory, so far....
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