[Elecraft] Nine month rested 2014 K3 now only shows a blank orange screen P3 will not activate.

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

One thing I'd do before the EEINT is to force a firmware load as described
in your owner's manual and see if that rescues it. Somehow data got
corrupted to prevent a boot up. 

73 Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Don
Wilhelm
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 6:35 PM
To: Craig Wissman; elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Nine month rested 2014 K3 now only shows a blank
orange screen P3 will not activate.

Start with the basics - disconnect everything other than the power and a
dummy load to the K3.
Then power it on.
If all is well in that basic configuration, then start adding the extra
things one at a time to find out what is creating the problem.
If the basic K3 still responds with a blank LCD screen, then try an EEINIT.
Hopefully you have saved a configuration file so you can restore the
configuration data after the EEINIT - if not follow the calibration steps in
the manual to get back to an operational state.

If that does not help, contact Elecraft support.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/12/2015 9:24 PM, Craig Wissman wrote:
> An unpleasant surprise.  The unit has been covered and unplugged since Feb
2015, no ant. No heat, cold, moisture...
>   I wanted to check out the 10 meter contest Dec13 utc tonight.
> My Astron RS- 35m says their is voltage.  This is a like new little used
factory built unit.
> Not seeing any help in manuals.  Bummer.
> Open to suggestions to get it back.  All I see is the orange screen with
no data.
> Craig WF6Q
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