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I no longer encourage having people send in their receivers for service, it's a waste of postage! If your receiver is dead, dead, dead, and the light only blinks for a moment before going out, do not fear, you can get it back. What is going wrong? It's usually one of two issues. A) Firmware mismatch 1) Ethos Firmware 2) Internal Module 3) Firmware of the receiver These three things need to be up to date at the same time. 1) Ethos Firmware- This is updated when you use Ethos Suite. If you're not familiar with using Ethos Suite, here's a video on using Ethos Suite .   Make sure you have a USB Data cable, and not charge cable.  2)  Your internal module needs to be updated.  People often assume that since they have used Ethos Suite the internal module  goes along for the ride. It doesn't  You can use the FRSK Flasher in Ethos Suite (or Internal Module  in Ethos Suite 1.5 and above).  There's a video on how to flash your internal...

 Today's question comes from Matt Baccari, a FrSky Sponsored pilot "Hey Steve.  What are the akin differences between the x18se and the x20s ? I get this all the time.    Is there a reason you would def want one over the other? Are they both still in production ?     Gimbals? Buttons?" Let's get the easy one out of the way, yes, both are still in production. The X18 came out after the  X20/X20S was introduced. The X18S followed, and an enhanced version of the that S model became the X18SE.  The X18SE comes in the colors black, blue and for a $20 upcharge cardinal red. I did check, the X18S is no longer in production. Let me clear up a couple things right away.  The X18 and X20 both are 24 channels. The 18 and 20 do not have anything to do with the channel count.  The are essentially very similar to each other, using the same batteries, RF modules and a good portion of the electronics.   They have the same switch count...