[Elecraft] Help! I have bricked my K3.

[Cady, Fred]

Ouch.
Maybe try deleting the firmware files from your computer and then download them from Elecraft and try again?  I think I've heard that sometimes files can get corrupted when being downloaded.
Good luck and73,
Fred KE7X


> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-
> bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bill Coleman
> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 3:18 PM
> To: Elecraft
> Subject: [Elecraft] Help! I have bricked my K3.
> 
> I noticed this weekend that Elecraft had updated the firmware (not
> beta) back in February. So, today, I thought I would try to update
> mine.
> 
> However, it fails during the FPF load EVERY TIME:
> 
> 17:12:09 K3 boot loader is ready for MCU firmware load. RS-232 38400
> bps.
> 17:12:09 New firmware is available for your K3
> 17:12:17 K3 boot loader is waiting for MCU firmware load.
> 17:12:17 OS X Revision 10.9.2
> 17:12:21 Sending firmware file "hmcu0483b.hex" to MCU
> 17:13:49 Loaded MCU firmware revision 04.83
> K3 responded with revision 04.83
> 17:13:49 MCU firmware load is complete
> 17:13:50 Erasing Flash Memory
> 17:13:54 Sending firmware file "hfpf0115.hex" to FPF
> 17:14:16 Send FPF firmware failed at load addresst 43
> 17:14:19 FPF firmware load failed
> 17:14:21 K3 MCU revision 04.83. RS-232 speed 38400 bps.
> 17:14:21 Ready
> 
> As you can see, the MCU load works. However, once it gets to the
> "Sending firmware file "hfpf0115.hex" to FPF, it never makes any
> progress, and appears to time out after about 30 seconds.
> 
> I've tried power cycling, and I must I have tried it a dozen times
> over.
> 
> I would really like to be able to use my K3!! I've never had trouble
> with firmware updates before, and I've never even tried the beta
> firmware.
> 
> Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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