[TenTec] Orion II - front panel all will not work.

[Bill Sale]

I have had problems with this orion for quite a while. None of the knob or buttons will work on the Orion II. When I power up the rig  with just the on and off switch on the rig and when it comes on it says at bottom "FLASH UPDATE MODE".   Now anything I try it comes up with 'FLASH UPDATE MODE".  I was having problems 2 weeks or so  with the front knobs or button not working. So I unplug everything going to the rig and moved it to a table and plugged the power supply back in and turned the rig on and it started working. A day or so ago I upgraded  to 3.028.
the rig has not worked since. I donot think 3.028 has anything to do with the rig not working right. I cannot get the radio to reload 3.028 or anything into the rig. It seems like the more I work with the rig tonite the worse it gets. Early tonite the rig was booting up with no control from the front controls, but now it will not go pass "FLASH UPDATE MODE". The other day when the fron knobs had no control of the rig, I tried N4PY soft ware and it seem to control the rig along with the read out. I just tried N4PY and it has no control on the rig since if always come up with "FLASH UPDATE MODE" on the screen. This rig has quite a history of problems. I guess I will call Ten Tec and see what they say. It seems to me something locks the radio up in the software area. When it is working right I use Windows 7 and XP and Writelog. Any idears.
Thanks 
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