Hi Ryan,
I can't say for sure that the state of your battery pack is the cause of the
(4) errors, but it probably wouldn't hurt to refurb the pack using Frank's
step-by-step directions at PDA-Soft.
I don't have the 'SPOT' in my emate battery pack, and it seems to work fine.
The temperature sensor tells the emate if the batteries are getting
over-heated or not, and (i think) if the batteries over-heat it will stop
charging them. A good thing, but if it's not working perfectly, the emate
will still charge the batteries.
-Stephanie
http://www.maksystems.com/newton/
> After earing rom you all that my eMate was prolly more in need of a
> priest then a doctor I decided to poke around a bit on the inside of the
> beast to see if i coudl get it to do anything. Well, the battery pack waw
> not acatly replaced in a "professional manner" the cells were not soldered
> together they were just wrapped in packing tape and have the leads
> soldered directly to the ends of the cells (no solder tabs). The temp
> thing that sticks on to the opposuite end as the leads looks rpetty
> bitched up as well. BUT, the good paryt is, with the battery unplugged
> the eMate doesn't have the restart problem. So, should i refurbish the
> batt pack using hte instructions i found online? How can i tell if the
> temp sticker thingy is bad? If it is bad, can i replace it (is it THAT
> nessicary?) Also the S_P_O_T (silvery piece of tape) is also missing...
> can i get more of that? will bad things happen if i dont have it. Do you
> think that the error (4) was realted to THAT battery pack or have i fried
> the battery circutry? I know that is a lot fo questiosn but i think you
> see the gist of my thinking. Any addidtional help you may have woudl be
> greatly appriciated.
>
> Ryan Dorman
> rdorman_at_321.net
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