I just loaded the new update to my 970 Pre-Amp. Like many people my PC does not have a serial port. Outlaw recommends only loading the firmware via a real serial port. I had read a post in the 1070 forum that people were successful in loading over a USB - Serial adapter. So I have a good (Belkin) USB/Serial adapter and I figured that I would be fine. I was able to successfuly load the update, but it took 9 hours (Yes, 9 Hours)! The tx and rx lights on my adapter only flashed every 4 seconds. I count myself lucky that I didn't make an expensive brick. Luckily the update went through all the phases.

Regards,

Charlie