----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Gruendel" <Frank_Gruendel_at_t-online.de>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 11:51 PM
Subject: [NTLK] Re - MP130 not working
>
> >I have a 130mp that is not working when it starts up. It will run for a
> >short time, it goes through its start up and then it will lock up for a
> >second or 2 and then die. It gets a line down the screen when it turns off.
> >It is not a software problem because it has had a full reset.
> >It does it with good batteries and power plugged in.
>
> This is a standard problem with the 130 machines. Some have reported they
> could fix it by installing FixTrax (available at UNNA), but I can't confirm
> that for the (by now) 8 machines I experienced this with. I am inklined to
> think that a bad pcb might be the reason for this, I've had two 130's that
> had this problem way less often when the part of the PCB that is at the
> right side of the battery compartment (where the ribbon cable connector is) was
> pushed slightly upwards.
Can you exactly descibe which part you mean (part type, part number, value,...)?
I have one of those MP130s that died in my hands. But it had nothing to do with drained
batteries, it must be something else, maybe a defektive part. The batteries where fully
charged, when the Newton died.
Markus
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