From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Thu Aug 07 2003 - 08:46:08 PDT
Jeffrey D. Knapp wrote:
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> I opened up the case, and there's a little black charring around a small
> black cube that's sodered onto the board. The cube is loose having
> become slightly detached from the board, but regardless, the unit still
> powers up to the start screen and shuts off as before.
If you took a photo of the affected area of the board and posted it on a
website somewhere, it might help some of us to diagnose what fried...
And it does sound like something is fried. The 'cube' on your motherboard
likely sacrificed itself for the rest of the components. That the unit still
powers on at all is quite a miracle :)
> My questions - is the data on this newton salvageable? If so, how do I
> get it out of there? What are my options as far as the newton - can I
If you can't get it to boot (ie. doesn't start to activate packages on the
Internal store at all) then you can't get your data off of it.
> just buy a new motherboard and install it, or should I just buy another
> newton and keep this for parts?
You could get someone to swap the motherboard, or something like that. I'm
sure the repair folk will chime in sooner or later :) If the rest of the
parts are good then you might be able to trade it plus some cash to someone
for a working 2100.
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