[Elecraft] KX1 died. Where to start?

[Don Wilhelm]

  Oscar,

Remove the board from the KX1 top cover and check to see if the MCU chip 
is firmly seated in its socket.  The narrow portion of the leads should 
be fully engaged with the socket.  It takes a bit of pressure to seat 
this IC.  Use your thumbs on the top of the chip and your fingers under 
the board - press firmly.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 11/12/2010 7:26 PM, Oscar, WB5GCX wrote:
> I built my KX1 about a year ago (#2199).  Everything tested out and worked
> fine.  It's been on the shelf until about two weeks ago.  I finally got
> going on cw this past few months (I love my K3), then this past few weeks
> made a few contacts with my KX1 (what a thrill that was!).  It's a wonderful
> radio!
>
> When I went to turn it on today, it appears to be dead.  I can hear some
> white noise in the earphones, but no display, no keyer/transmit sidetone, no
> relay sounds, etc.  Same with internal 6 AA and external 12v.  Only option
> installed is KXAT1.
>
> I suppose I need to take out the board and start doing some of the
> troubleshooting shown in Appendix E -- but thought I'd check to see if
> someone else has had this happen and had a suggested (quick and easy :)
> solution - or a recommendation on where to start on troubleshooting.