Re: [NTLK] Sad, sad, sad little Newton

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Mon Nov 19 2001 - 14:40:09 EST


On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Zachery Bir wrote:

> Okay. Just got back from our weekly tech staff meeting. During the
> meeting, my just-restored 2000U crashed ( into brainwipe mode )
> three times. I'm guessing I need to do a brainwipe again, format
> the card ( 20M ), and just restore key elements. I don't have any
> registered apps, so that's not a major concern, but I do have a lot
> of notes and names that are important.
>
> Is there anything else I should be looking at to keep this from
> becoming a regular occurrence?

It's possible that there's a hardware problem. The most common one is a
ROM board that has become partially dislodged from its socket. There are
some good instructions on This Old Newt:

http://www.thisoldnewt.com/html/hints/oddsends.html (scroll down a bit)

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