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Old dig. EchostarDSB1000Ci2 ... absolutely dead?
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<blockquote data-quote="nopfusch" data-source="post: 130911" data-attributes="member: 195487"><p><span style="color: black">Hi, Llew</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">no oscillation, but I found since i changed today the power transistor which switches (I think) between horizontal and vertical polarisation (13V vs. 18V), the 'heating' is reduced.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">Aha, that's why they want to send me an EPROM. Before this big problem, I had occasionally the problem that during programming the receiver hung-up (like a PC freezes). I had to re-boot and then sometimes the newly programmed data have disappeared. But previous entered data never vanished. And I'll see tomorrow if the data I entered today are still there. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">The receiver has 2 EPROMS or EEPROMS. It has a facility to upgrade the firm/ware, via a serial port. I have still the original F/W in, as I don't know what to do, if the upgrade fails (I downloaded the upgrades from Echostar's site). Thanks for the ESC1101 - info!</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">I could borrow a SMD soldering tool to replace the EPROM. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black">Let's see what they have to say ...</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>greetings</p><p><span style="color: black">nopfusch</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nopfusch, post: 130911, member: 195487"] [color=black]Hi, Llew[/color] [color=black]no oscillation, but I found since i changed today the power transistor which switches (I think) between horizontal and vertical polarisation (13V vs. 18V), the 'heating' is reduced.[/color] [color=black]Aha, that's why they want to send me an EPROM. Before this big problem, I had occasionally the problem that during programming the receiver hung-up (like a PC freezes). I had to re-boot and then sometimes the newly programmed data have disappeared. But previous entered data never vanished. And I'll see tomorrow if the data I entered today are still there. [/color] [color=black]The receiver has 2 EPROMS or EEPROMS. It has a facility to upgrade the firm/ware, via a serial port. I have still the original F/W in, as I don't know what to do, if the upgrade fails (I downloaded the upgrades from Echostar's site). Thanks for the ESC1101 - info![/color] [color=black]I could borrow a SMD soldering tool to replace the EPROM. [/color] [color=black]Let's see what they have to say ...[/color] greetings [color=black]nopfusch[/color] [/QUOTE]
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