On Wednesday, August 8, 2001, at 12:13 PM, zbir_at_urbanape.com wrote:
>> Frank,
>>
>> As always, a very good explanation!
>>
>> [Johannes Wolf] But it is a theoretical one. And with all my
>> experience as a
> n electrical engineer I really do not believe that this is the
> problem...
>> BUT there is a very simple way to proof that theory: switching on the
>> backlig
> ht should then IN EVERY CASE and IMMEDIATELY lead to the switch off.
>> I am curious about the experience of Zachery Bir...
>>
>> Unfortunately I am off line until next wednesday.
>>
>> Regards
>> Johannes
>
> Laurent, Frank, and Johannes ( and all the others who've chimed in to
> help ) - Thanks so much for your suggestions.
>
> I think I've found the culprit, and I'll apologize up front for failing
> to mention this earlier. First, Johannes, no, turning on the backlight
> does nothing to trigger a shutdown. Second, it appears ( to me - I may
> still be way off ) that the real culprit is my 20MB Flash RAM card. It's
> an Intel Series 2+ flexible voltage card. Leaving it out, I've had no
> problem putting in 6 contacts, 4 meetings, and typing lotsa notes with
> the keyboard. It's sitting in its case right now, showing me my
> appointments for the day, and I've been playing with it for about 2
> hours
> now. All without the Flash RAM card, which _has_ been in during every
> other single time I've experienced it.
>
> Thought I'd mentioned it before, but I guess I never did.
So, the theory here would be that the card is drawing too much power?
-Laurent.
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