Jim
I have had the same problems a time or two.After the
flash falure and master reset .I just turned the Orion
on and off a few times . Then I attempted to
reflashed it . So far after atempting to flash 4 or 5
times it will finally take the firmware reinstall . at
least it has for me .
73
John de WB4QDA
--- Jim Reid <jimr.reid@verizon.net> wrote:
> Yes, just a few minutes after I turned it on this
> afternoon,
> the view screen went blank! Turned the rig off,
> then on
> again after a few minutes. Nothing. Well, the
> only buttons
> illuminated were TX on VFOB; the BW light, and the
> LOCK
> light for VFOB. No button would respond to a push,
> nor
> pressing the illuminated buttons would do nothing.
>
> So, off again, this time hold down the "MainRX/TX"
> button
> while turning on the radio to perform a Master
> Reset.
> It did, came up on 20 meters; I pushed the 40
> meter band
> button, started to tune up to my frequency----blap,
> and
> the screen went blank agian. And back to the same
> buttons
> illuminated as above.
>
> So, I decided to go back to the update program and
> reinstall
> the 1.346 firmware again. Program wouldn't run
> because of
> XP, I guess. So unclicked the box which reads "Stop
> on Error"
> as that has worked to perform the updates in the
> past.
> This time the program started, but then stopped
> with
> only 65 lines into the Orion; but every few seconds
> the
> line count here on the PC would go up by 10 lines
> count,
> but no change on the Orion display. So I waited
> awhile,
> with nothing happening on the Orion, so turned its'
> power
> off again. Tried again, same result. Tried
> another Master
> Reset......and, no matter how long I sit here
> holding
> down the button, the display just reads, "System
> Loading....".
>
> So, guess it is back in the box, and back to
> Sevierville
> for a check out. Wonder what happened??
>
> Any ideas? I probably messed up when I turned the
> rig OFF when it wouldn't continue the firmware
> reinstall,
> or maybe that was just another symptom of whatever
> failed inside the radio.
>
> 73, Jim KH7M
>
>
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