Help on my first saber brick

[mdahmer]

I had an operational saberIII that i programed successfully many times. It was definitely SIII 120 ch 8k. I accidentally pulled a saber I 12 ch file and loaded the RPF. The Core and Cope(Int & Est ) now read with check sum errors (f2 to continue). When I load the saved rpf and 120 channel info RSS7.0 says its a 2k radio, build aborted. Am I dead here or is there a master reset? Cope Patch has changed from 05 t0 0C I do have the original (read from this exact radio) 60 of 120 zone 5/10 channel file saved to disk. I have two other SIII working with the same rpf. Display error is permanent
Error 0 81. HELP!!

[HumHead]

Give this a try:
1- Unplug the front shield
2- In RSS, create a new Model 1 codeplug for the radio (correct band, secure, etc.) Do not change anything in the default codeplug.
3- Program the new Model 1 codeplug into the radio.
4- If the radio accepts the Model 1 codeplug, reconnect the front shield and attempt to re-load your original Model 3 archive.

Good luck.

[mike m]

http://batboard.batlabs.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=79147

Also you may want to check out the above thread which describes the procedure from the saber service manual.

This one has worked for me.


Mike

[GlennD]

If you programmed an 8K radio with a 2K code plug it will stay a 2K until either the radio is corrupted as described in the batlabs saber section or the front shield is replaced. In either case the radio has to be completly realigned.

Quite a few of the surplus VHF Sabers my city aquired from the feds were 8k programmed as 2K. Corrupting the code plug worked every time to recover them.