I spoke with the man at Microairusa.com and he told me that the problem was
with radios manufactured with the older black socket and not the newer brown
socket. Mine has a brown socket.

It's a much smaller price to remove a couple of screws and push than to pack
and ship the unit (which I will do if the "push" doesn't restore it to life
should the problem resurface).

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On Friday, March 29, 2013 11:30:30 AM UTC-4, Dan Marotta wrote:
Update: Taking off the front panel and pressing the processor chip into
its socket seems to have solved my problem. Thankfully there's no need for
shipping. "Dan Marotta" wrote in message
... No luck with the new wiring. And no
luck finding the service bulletin. I've brought the radio home and
will be shipping it off for repair and or updating. "Dan Marotta"
wrote in message
... Do you have any information on the
tech note? I'll be searching the web... snip This is a
common symptom of a problem with the socket that the main processor
chip seats in. There was a tech note on how to clear this symptom by
removal, cleaning of contacts, and reinstalling. A later service
bulletin defines a more permanent fix to be done by repair shops. UH


That is what the service bulletin described.
Problem will eventually return, but this works until you get permannt mod.
UH