I do not. The repair invoice from Elecraft only indicated a faulty I/O board which was replaced. 73 Howard/WX7HS
> On Apr 12, 2021, at 09:35, Dave New <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do you know just what failed on the I/O board? Was it possibly due to > static discharge? > > I tend to leave an antenna connected, except during active weather, but > curious if there is something sensitive in the P3 I/O area that can fail > easily from a surge, like the old RS-232 circuitry in the original K3. > > Thanks, > > -- Dave, N8SBE > > Quoting Howard Saxion via Elecraft <[email protected]>: > >> I had a similar problem with my P3 with SVGA. I had to cycle through the >> on-off switch a few times before it would fully power up. Once powered up, >> everything was working and stable. I tried reseating the ribbon cables but >> that had no effect. >> >> I contacted Elecraft technical support and they had me try a few things but >> that did not solve the problem. I sent it to Elecraft and it turned out that >> the I/O board was faulty. The repair cost was approximately $200 for a new >> board and labor. >> >> 73 >> Howard/WX7HS >> >>>> On Apr 12, 2021, at 06:05, Dave Cole <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Rick, >>> >>> Thank you! I appreciate the datapoint in this. I was just looking over >>> the schematic and came to the same conclusion... It looks like a backlight >>> problem to me as well... I tried to find a datasheet on teh 4538 IC that >>> appears to control it, but alas, nope. I got mine to come back on by power >>> cycling it as well... >>> >>> Hopefully someone has actually fixed this, and knows which cap... >>> >>> 73, and thanks, >>> Dave (NK7Z) >>> https://www.nk7z.net >>> ARRL Volunteer Examiner >>> ARRL Technical Specialist, RFI >>> ARRL Asst. Director, NW Division, Technical Resources >>> >>>> On 4/12/21 5:27 AM, Rick Stanback wrote: >>>> My P3 does the same thing. If i keep cycling power it eventually comes >>>> on and works. I suspect there is a bad capacitor in the LCD backlight >>>> power. I have not actually looking into it yet. >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________ >>> Elecraft mailing list >>> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >>> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >>> Post: mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >>> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >>> Message delivered to [email protected] >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.htmlMessage >> delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
