I got the freeze during installation of 1.05 - and pop's all few seconds.
Now I reinstalled the firmware - and no pops anymore - or so seldom that I not notice yet.
Check http://www.soundside.de/support/KPARecovery.htm
for instructions (section 'Install or reinstall the firmware')
After the installation of the firmware - the KPA SEAMS (!) to be foozen - but it will take up to a minute and then it shows the tuner.
After an additional reboot seams all to work fine - or at least much better than before.