[Elecraft] K3 stopped communicating

[Dick Dievendorff]

A 67? Must be a VM guy. I grew up on MFT

Try an alternate USB to Serial adapter. That's the easiest to replace. 

Dick

On Sep 6, 2011, at 14:57, stan levandowski <sjl219 at optonline.net> wrote:

> My K3 (#5244) mysteriously stopped working with HRD.  It had been 
> working FB for months.  HRD claimed it could not connect with the K3. 
> I then tried it with the K3 Utility and I got the following:
> 
> Xe2000011 Bootstrap loader did not echo a D
> MCU Firmware load failed
> 
> It's a K3/10 which I built and it works just fine except for this.  The 
> USB cable is the Elecraft product.
> 
> So far I've downloaded a 'fresh' copy of the utility, cold-started the 
> system, and reviewed the process.
> 
> I'm not particularly computer-literate when it comes to this new-fangled 
> stuff and I'm becoming less enthusiastic every day ;-)
> (Gimme a System 360/Mod 67, a bank of 2400 bpi tapes, and assembler 
> language any day!)
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.  My gut feel is that it's in the 
> K3.  The sudden cessation of communication with HRD for no apparent 
> reason makes me think this way.
> 
> 73, Stan WB2LQF
> 
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