From: Andrés Galluzzi (agalluzzi_at_gmx.net)
Date: Wed Jun 23 2004 - 21:05:18 PDT
You have luck! Doesn't look like that my problem. It would be great if we
can access to more circuit layout or repair manual on the net. Also, this
kind of problem seams to be more usual than what one expects. When my Newton
get up again, I would like to publish the way my brother has take it to
live. I think, this kind of knowledge for everybody, also for that people
like me that know a little or nothing above electronic, will help to fix a
LOT of Newton around the world, also for that people where the "guru" is so
far away that nobody will send a Newton. There is always an electrical
engineer that can fix it if he has the tools that needs to make it up.
Thanks you for your comment.
Best Regards,
Andy.
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De: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
[mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net] En nombre de Grant Symon
Enviado el: Miércoles, 23 de Junio de 2004 06:25 p.m.
Para: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Asunto: Re: [NTLK] My newton desn't start
On 19 Jun 2004, at 17:27, Andrés Galluzzi wrote:
> I reply here, because my problem was with the power adapter. I've
> connect my
> Newton 2K to a power supply that was NOT regulated (also, later I've
> checked
> it have not the 7.5V that says in the label, but 12V) and after that, I
> can't make my Newton work again. It makes as if it starts again, also
> the
> "erase all" question shows up, and I can make it erase everything
> (I've make
> a soft-hardware and also a hard restart on it), but outside that, no
> operating system starts and every time it shows up the Newton logo as
> for
> starting, it stays for less than a second and makes off.
>
> Does anybody know if this situation is reversible? Is there a
> component that
> can be change to make the Newton work again?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Andy.
Hi Andy,
this describes *almost exactly* what happened to me.
A couple of years ago, I tried for a looong time to get my Newton back
running. It just wouldn't happen and then finally .... nothing.
Then, inspired by the WWNC and the possibility of getting it fixed at
the show, I brought the Newton out of its drawer to take another look,
. *Huge* surprise!!! It started up, after showing me, yet again, the
Hard Reset screen. (I clicked NO, a choice which in effect performs a
PMU reset ... might this be significant). Anyway ... the machine
started up. All my info and packages were still there and intact!!
I now wonder if having drained the Newton *totally* after what may
perhaps have been a failure of the Mains Adapter, might have caused
some problem with the PMU. I also recall, that when I initially tried
to revive my Newton, a couple of years back, someone on a newsgroup
somewhere, told me that they had left theirs in a drawer for a long
time and that it too had come back to life. Could it be that there is
some sort of Cold Boot thing that happens when it is left without
batteries for a long time?
Anyway ... my advice is to try every kind of Reset you can, including
the Cold Boot, which incidentally, I have *not* managed to do
successfully on my machine, despite trying on several occasions.
Grant Symon
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