Re: [amsat-bb] Help! DSP-2232 feared dead

["Freeman P. Pascal IV" <pascal@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jeff,

Re-seating the socketed chips fixed the problem thanks.

-Freeman

On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 04:32, Jeff Griffin wrote:
> Good morning Freeman. First thing I would do is open it up and reseat all 
> the chips, I had a simalar problem with mine and this did the trick. You 
> also might be lucky! If this doesn't work, I would also check for any bad 
> solder joints. If all else fails, I think Timewave will still fix the 2232's
> 
> 73 Jeff kb2m
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Freeman P. Pascal IV" <pascal@pascal.org>
> To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 12:37 AM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Help! DSP-2232 feared dead
> 
> 
> > When I turned on my DSP-2232 tonight I didn't get the usual behavior out
> > of it.  It runs through the diagnostics and allows me to configure it,
> > but the tuning LED bar graph never lights up (totally dead) regardless
> > of any selected modem or mode.   The DCD light is solid as well as the
> > CMD light, but the CMD light switches off and CONV comes on when enter
> > conversation mode.
> >
> > Initially it was claiming to have problems with loading modems, but
> > after a soft reset it was able to load the modems.  I have tried a hard
> > reset without any luck.
> >
> > Help?  Any ideas?
> >
> >
> > -Freeman, N5FPP
> >
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