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N8YX
04-05-2010, 10:37 AM
Guy may have bricked his IC-7800 due to a faulty firmware upgrade. One hopes this was an isolated incident:

http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?t=243439
KG4CGC
04-05-2010, 10:56 AM
Aside from the main topic, interesting callsign the fellow has.
W5GA
04-05-2010, 12:33 PM
If that happened to my 10 grand radio, I'd sure be pissed!
KA5PIU
04-05-2010, 08:28 PM
Hello.

I have not a clue, but I would hope it is an isolated issue.
N5RLR
04-05-2010, 09:33 PM
IBTETR [In Before The Eventual Toyota Remark] :stirpot:
KG4CGC
04-05-2010, 09:38 PM
IBTETR [In Before The Eventual Toyota Remark] :stirpot:
The problem is in the series of pipes and tunnels that radio uses. Isolating the clog will be the hat trick.
n6hcm
04-06-2010, 04:03 AM
I have not a clue, but I would hope it is an isolated issue.

because i had to preserve this ...
W3WN
04-06-2010, 09:48 AM
I don't know about ICOM, but one would think that if the firmware chip had been messed up, and the radio turned into a brick, wouldn't replacing the chip with a "new" one flashed from the factory un-brick the radio? Or is that too obvious (or is the chip not accessible in such a way)?
w3bny
04-06-2010, 10:08 AM
two things...

1. Sucks to be him! :boohoo:

2. If you can afford a 10K radio, you can afford to get it un-fuxxord. Dumass...he was probably using linux or an Ipad...
N8YX
04-06-2010, 02:22 PM
I don't know about ICOM, but one would think that if the firmware chip had been messed up, and the radio turned into a brick, wouldn't replacing the chip with a "new" one flashed from the factory un-brick the radio? Or is that too obvious (or is the chip not accessible in such a way)?
If the chip cannot be readily desoldered or goes obsolete...you run the math.