Chas, If a single button held in on power up won't cure it, grab a handful.
The CPU should still be attempting to strobe the panel for key presses. All you want it to do is have the lockup clear up long enough for the cpu to sense a correctable failure. If/When you get it unlocked; immediately reload all firmware; or at a minimum, the firmware that seemed to be affected. And the word corrupted is probably the most salient term here. You may have to scare the cpu worse than it already is, before it will allow a fix. You may be amazed to find that if you disconnect all devices, cables, etc and physically move the K3 so you can be sure it is not connected, in any way, to the real world; the problem may dissipate after a few hours; provided it is the equivalent of a ground loop. If not, removing the back-up battery and letting it stand for a half hour may bear favorable results. This is a computer. It fails just like any other computer.. It's stability is largely dependent on the complexity of the firmware's ability to be able to second guess every way a task can be attempted. Before you try the radical approach; Elecraft Support should be available soon, as they sun is coming up on the left coast. David KD4NUE -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of chas Sent: Monday, November 26, 2012 7:48 AM To: d...@w3fpr.com; elecraft; Gary Gregory Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 Problems On 26/11/2012 12:19, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Do you have a saved K3 configuration file? If so, do an EEINIT (see > Parameter Initialization in the manual) and reload the configuration. > > That will give you something to accomplish while waiting for the > support people to wake up this morning. > > 73, > Don W3FPR Thank you Don, but you need to read my latest reply to Gary. The SHIFT LO NORM button is not working correctly - so what you are both suggesting will not work. I have read the Parameter Initialisation page in the manual. I have tried reinstalling the Configuration Menu. Until you appreciate that the K3 front panel buttons are all totally corrupted then any cure to this problem cannot be found. Charles - M0BIN ______________________________________________________________ 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
