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I know that when any radio fails to power up there may be many reasons.

In this case a fellow has an Astro Saber UHF with IMBE , Smartnet, etc., but it won't power up. My first thought was that someone put it on a system without the proper invitation and the TRS killed the radio. A recent posting indicated that such a death can be revived with the proper codeplug reloaded. Wonder if that's true ?

The fellow suggests that maybe it's just a fuse. How often does that happen, how hard to locate the fuse or fuses ? I think he honestly doesn't know and is not the original owner.

Any other thoughts on the ways that Astro Sabers might croak and ways to revive them ?
Thanks

You're referring to the eBay auction.

The best you can do is test it component by component with another radio, unless you have all the proper equipment.

It could be a flex issue, fuse, whatever. If the radio was inhibited, an S-Record could indeed revive it, but if that were the case, the radio would still power up somewhat, just not go beyond the "self test" screen.

Heck for all you know, it may have been sitting in water for a while, that's a quick way to totally ruin a radio. I've seen the pictures- they're not very good. You could poke and prod more, but looking at the guts for corrosion or water residue and then assessing the fuse from there is a good start.

-Josh