[Elecraft] K3 Firmware upload

[Julian G4ILO]

On 7/25/07, AJSOENKE at aol.com <AJSOENKE at aol.com> wrote:
> This brings up an interesting question in my  mind.  I have noticed in many
> flash upgrades for computer bios that the  upgrades often involve changes that
> I would not necessarily want to make to the  BIOS. Some manufacturers would
> require (force) the change if you wanted to  install any version of the flash
> BIOS - not allow you to skip versions.

Most manufacturers recommend that you don't upgrade a BIOS unless you
actually need to, because there's a small risk that if something goes
wrong during the update (like your PC crashes or there's a power
failure) the BIOS becomes unusable and you can't restart the update.
Does the K3 have a non-programmable boot loader that cannot be
overwritten so that it is always able to receive an update no matter
what goes wrong? Or would a power hiccup mean a dead radio that would
have to be shipped back to Elecraft?
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