Allen,
I have this issue with my P3, and it seems to be related to internal
(to the P3) power rail problems.
I have the SVGA adapter, and the external display always works, even
if the P3 display isn't.
After leaving the power on for a minute or less, I can quickly toggle
the power button on the P3, and then the internal dispaly comes up.
The theory is that during initial power on, the power rail comes up
too slowly to get a clean power-on reset to the internal display
controller. Note that the P3 has been working fine for me since I
purchased the kit about ten years ago. This is a recent issue,
showing up about a year ago, as far as I can tell.
Some suggestions have been to replace one or more power supply
capacitors assuming they've become flakey, or to plug the P3 power
into the station supply, instead of the 12VDC output on the back of
the K3s (assuming that the 12VDC output is weak or slow to rise during
K3s power on). I've not tried either of those solutions, preferring
to just mitigate the issue by toggling the power, which doesn't happen
very often, because I tend to leave the rig on most of the time.
Hope that helps, and 73,
-- Dave, N8SBE
Quoting n...@earthlink.net:
My P3 screen has gone black. When I plug in the power, I still hear some
very quiet relay click. Any quick ideas?
Full disclosure: I suffered a voltage spike some time ago which took out my
K3 some time ago (it is at Elecraft now); P3 still operated but the POWER
switch no longer worked, i.e. it was on all the time whenever power was
applied. (I am borrowing a K3 from a very, very good friend).
Does anyone work on P3's besides Elecraft?
Allen R. Brier N5XZ
1515 Windloch Lane
Richmond, TX 77406
713-705-4801
______________________________________________________________
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.htmlMessage delivered to n8...@arrl.net
______________________________________________________________
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
Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
