Re: [NTLK] Maybe dead 2K. Resurrection or replacement needed!

From: Charles Broderick (chabro_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: Mon Jul 12 2004 - 16:18:05 PDT


Hi,

I'm curious that it seemed to work right away. Maybe you shouldn't do
anything drastic right away (like taking it apart).

Maybe let it sit for 24 hours without any power, then try it again, and then
go through the soft reset, hard reset, then (and only then) disassmeble it.

HTH,
Charles

> I've cleaned out the holder and carefully tried to clean the
> connector inside the unit (not easy to reach - I've not opened one of
> these up yet), and when I tried with a borrowed set of AA batteries
> last night it worked. So - I turned it off and gave the batteries
> back. Now when I try with a new set I get absolutely nothing - not a
> flicker. [sob] I've pressed the reset, but there's probably a
> particular reset method I haven't tried yet. Connecting a Newton
> power supply doesn't make any difference.
>

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