Borrow a Firewire cable and try it. I had similar problem and found the brand new cable that came with my Flex was bad.
Mine has been working FB since I changed the cable. Joe K0BX #1 Honor Roll Mixed Honor Roll RTTY Stop the insanity! Please do not add me to any distribution lists (Joke, Stories or Junk) without my permission. ________________________________ From: "ke...@3950.net" <ke...@3950.net> To: on4...@telenet.be Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Sent: Wed, May 1, 2013 7:37:18 AM Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Constant database corruption On 4/30/2013 5:22 AM, on4...@telenet.be wrote: > Kevin, > > I would either suspect the anti-virus program or potentially also a faulty > hard >drive (or at least may be some bad sectors on the drive). > The latter can be checked through a windows disk check utility, the former I >would exclude the database directory from the real-time scanning or if that >would prove to be too difficult to do, disable the anti virus all together >(just >for the sake of the test). > Please also check all drivers are up to date. > > Guy > Thanks, Guy. Will check the hard drive (though it is brand new) and the drivers. I don't think it's the anti-virus, as it is Avast and I know several other Flexers who use it without problems. Maybe a fresh install is called for, too. Still working on it, Kevin. > ----- Oorspronkelijk e-mail ----- > Van: ke...@3950.net > Aan: flexradio@flex-radio.biz > Verzonden: Maandag 29 april 2013 17:22:31 > Onderwerp: [Flexradio] Constant database corruption > > I recently installed a Flex 5000 at a friend's station -- PowerSDR > 2.5.3, Windows 7, i5 motherboard, 16 GB, TI firewire chipset. > > The rig works beautifully when started up, but after a day or two, > sometimes less, PowerSDR crashes (it doesn't stop responding, but > the radio loses its ability to transmit or receive). Before it > crashes, odd things happen: > > 1. Receive bandwidths get reset to odd values, for example 3.4 kHz > gets set to 100 Hz or sometimes plus and minus 2 kHz. No pattern, > just seems crazy. > > 2. Received signals get an odd and continuous "buzz modulation" -- > this only happened once. > > 3. Transmit bandwidth settings get changed or become unadjustable. > > Several other things change too, but there's really no consistent > pattern -- just crazy values seem to creep into many settings. RF > ingress isn't the culprit, as refraining from transmitting doesn't help. > > A database import clears the problem -- for a day or two, then it > starts all over again. > > Any ideas? > > > Thanks, > > > Kevin, WB4AIO. _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ Knowledge Base: http://kc.flexradio.com/ Homepage: http://www.flexradio.com/
