[Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update - fixed

2020-06-08 Thread Ray Spreadbury via Elecraft
Spot on Ian, ... yes it did have the recent W10 update so that could have been the problem! Cheers & 73 Ray G3XLG __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm

Re: [Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update - Fixed

2020-06-07 Thread Mike Short
I am an IT guy, so I hear you. We patch, then lock down again On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 17:27 K8TE wrote: > Having worked in IT, I can tell you professional IT organizations test > patches before deploying them. > > Regarding Windows 10 Home use, you can delay patches now (a recent update). > >

Re: [Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update - Fixed

2020-06-07 Thread K8TE
Having worked in IT, I can tell you professional IT organizations test patches before deploying them. Regarding Windows 10 Home use, you can delay patches now (a recent update). Finally, for a long time, you have been able to prevent Windows 10 from updating drivers which can lead to COM port

Re: [Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update - Fixed

2020-06-07 Thread Ian Kahn, NV4C
Actually, this is one of the worst ways Microsoft could handle updates. I work in information security for a hospital. I shudder to think what would happen if patching reset our life-saving critical clinical systems to all the default settings every month. Our infrastructure team would spend

Re: [Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update - Fixed

2020-06-07 Thread Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT
This is why I transitioned from Windows to Linux Mint several months ago. 73 -- Lynn On 6/7/20 1:44 PM, Grant Youngman wrote: That would be a terrible way to handle updates. If a user has set specific parameters to meet their needs, Windows should simply leave them alone — unless they no

Re: [Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update - Fixed

2020-06-07 Thread John Stengrevics
Agree. Macs don’t have this problem. John WA1EAZ > On Jun 7, 2020, at 4:44 PM, Grant Youngman wrote: > > That would be a terrible way to handle updates. If a user has set specific > parameters to meet their needs, Windows should simply leave them alone — > unless they no longer exist in

Re: [Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update - Fixed

2020-06-07 Thread Grant Youngman
That would be a terrible way to handle updates. If a user has set specific parameters to meet their needs, Windows should simply leave them alone — unless they no longer exist in the updated version, or their effect/context has changed. If macOS reset everything to defaults every time there

Re: [Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update - Fixed

2020-06-07 Thread Bob McGraw K4TAX
Since Microsoft does not know of every piece of software, on every Windows computer in the world, for simplicity, very often a Windows update will set values to DEFAULT values.  Therefore, it is necessary for the user to set certain parameters to their preferred values after an update.    I

Re: [Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update - Fixed

2020-06-07 Thread barry halterman
This is a classic case of CRE or Cosmic Ray Effect. No reason, just happens. On Sun, Jun 7, 2020, 1:51 PM Ian Kahn, NV4C wrote: > Ray, > > By any chance did your first computer receive any updates from Microsoft > recently? MS updates are well-known to completely bugger custom > settings,

Re: [Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update - Fixed

2020-06-07 Thread Ian Kahn, NV4C
Ray, By any chance did your first computer receive any updates from Microsoft recently? MS updates are well-known to completely bugger custom settings, including COM port settings. Just a thought. 73 de, Ian, NV4C On 6/7/20 10:42 AM, Ray Spreadbury via Elecraft wrote: Hi Buck What did

[Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update - Fixed

2020-06-07 Thread Ray Spreadbury via Elecraft
Hi Buck What did I do to fix it? Well I left the K3S disconnected for an hour or so while I read the "trouble shooting" sections in the owners manuals. I decided to change the power supply & use a different PC & a different USB cable. To my surprise the K3S then started normally & with the new

Re: [Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update -FIXED

2020-06-06 Thread Buck
Please tell us what you did so everyone can learn from your experience k4ia, Buck K3s# 11497 Honor Roll 8B DXCC EasyWayHamBooks.com On 6/6/2020 12:19 PM, Ray Spreadbury via Elecraft wrote: Thanks to Paul GM0BKC who put me on the right track. Radio now fine & Firmware update completed Ray

[Elecraft] K3S dead after attempted firmware update -FIXED

2020-06-06 Thread Ray Spreadbury via Elecraft
Thanks to Paul GM0BKC who put me on the right track. Radio now fine & Firmware update completed Ray G3XLG __ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: