[Elecraft] K3 USB cable

[Mark Goldberg]

You cable likely has a fake Prolific USB to RS232 chip. The latest
drivers will refuse to use it. Where did the cable come from? I don't
think Elecraft used fake chips.

You probably need a new cable to work with the latest drivers.

73,

Mark
W7MLG

On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 4:26 PM Chris Meagher <acdmeagher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi
> I recently acquired a new shack laptop, Win 10 Home,
> connected elecraft USB-RS232 cable to update firmware with the latest
> utility.
> But unsuccessful, got the message -
> <PL2303HXA phased out since 2012, please contact your supplier>
>
> So I ended up doing it no problems with an older Win 7 laptop.
> Does anyone have any experience with this or a solution?
>
> thanks
> Chris    VK2ACD    K3/10 serial no. in the 600's
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