[NTLK] NewtonTalk Digest, Vol 88, Issue 27
Alan Grassia
alan.grassia at gmail.com
Mon Apr 26 15:22:18 PDT 2021
Hello Jim and Newton Friends,
I have had to use a deep reset (http://newtonfaq.com/newton-faq-nos.html#IIIB2b) to wake up a MassagePad 2x00. I disconnected from power for at least 12 hours before the deep reset.
Cheers,
Alan Grassia
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MessagePad 2000, MessagePad 2100, eMate 300
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Sent from my Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
> On Apr 26, 2021, at 4:59 PM, L.W. Brown via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
>
> my recollection is it needs quite a few hours “rest” - if memory serves: at least 4, but better overnight
>
> Sent from ProPad
>
>> On Apr 26, 2021, at 10:30 AM, Jim Chapman <guardsix6 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Disaster!!!
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>>
>> My eMate 300 still won't come on. Shows no signs of life? And it was so new!!!!
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>> I tried all the steps below and still nothing. The battery has been plugged back in for over an hour. I've tried to do a short reset and a long reset, still nothing happens. I even did the hard recovery, but I get nothing on the screen.
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>> Anybody want to try and fix this before I just put it away forever?
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>> Desparate!
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>>
>>
>> Jim Chapman
>>
>> guardsix6 at gmail.com
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>>
>>>> On Apr 23 2021, at 6:22 pm, newtontalk-request at newtontalk.net wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> 4. eMate 300 Just Died??? (Jim C.)
>>>
>>> -----------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 4
>>> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:39:03 -0500
>>> From: "Jim C." <guardsix6 at gmail.com>
>>> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
>>> Subject: [NTLK] eMate 300 Just Died???
>>> Message-ID: <A9BC062D-16D2-4C1E-8924-C48E12A68C13 at gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>>
>>> Help! My eMate 300 just died! I?ve had it on my desk for several days turned off with it plugged in. I tried to turn it on today and I get nothing! The power cord is plugged in. I tested the outlet and it?s sending power. I?ve did the two seconds reset and then the 15 second reset and still nothing.
>>>
>>> I don?t have a power light indicator of any kind. I just don?t know what?s gone wrong. It was working fine just two days ago.
>>>
>>> Anyone want to venture a guess as to how I can get it back to working?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>>
>>> Jim Chapman
>>> Guardsix6 at gmail.com <mailto:guardsix6 at gmail.com>
>>> ----------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 5
>>> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:13:15 -0400
>>> From: Michael Sheflin <sheflinm at gmail.com>
>>> To: NewtonTalk Mailin List <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] eMate 300 Just Died???
>>> Message-ID:
>>> <CAKUGNUX-2eVKTmW04bJ7x_uSiprqB1CYaN-pxRvW4=OZAKxXkg at mail.gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
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>>> Unplug it, drain the battery if possible (or disconnect it). "Turn it on"
>>> a few times to drain the capacitors. Then plug it back in and try to turn
>>> it on.
>>>
>>> Does anything different happen?
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 6
>>> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:13:45 -0400
>>> From: Michael Sheflin <sheflinm at gmail.com>
>>> To: NewtonTalk Mailin List <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] eMate 300 Just Died???
>>> Message-ID:
>>> <CAKUGNUXKNphjxQLcFvkWTizSRn7nSjZzVSC4vDE_dStv722weQ at mail.gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>>
>>> If the answer is yes, I'd suggest not leaving it plugged in and see if the
>>> problem recurs.
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021, 5:13 PM Michael Sheflin <sheflinm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Unplug it, drain the battery if possible (or disconnect it). "Turn it on"
>>>> a few times to drain the capacitors. Then plug it back in and try to turn
>>>> it on.
>>>>
>>>> Does anything different happen?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 8
>>> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:25:27 -0400
>>> From: arceeHS <arceehs at gmail.com>
>>> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
>>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] eMate 300 Just Died???
>>> Message-ID:
>>> <CAPC=-CHp=H2aAQqXYX7T9xYFvw6pB5-ZQuPZcqGGv_AdThMHxQ at mail.gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>>
>>> 1. Unplug the eMate from the AC adapter. Unplug the AC adapter from power.
>>> Disconnect the battery inside the eMate.
>>> 2. Let the eMate sit unpowered for 24 hours. You may push the reset button
>>> on the back as many times as you like.
>>> 3. Plug the AC adapter into power. Plug the AC adapter into the eMate.
>>> 4. Turn on the eMate and breathe thankful sighs of relief when it starts up
>>> and as you go thru' the screen setup procedure.
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>>
>>> Message: 9
>>> Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:28:36 -0400
>>> From: arceeHS <arceehs at gmail.com>
>>> To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
>>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] eMate 300 Just Died???
>>> Message-ID:
>>> <CAPC=-CEE_A8AVOuDeocsLOVceU45tRdxjWjufVPOiWNZ0YXA+g at mail.gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>>>
>>> I didn't mean to be redundant. It is just that Michael is faster than I am.
>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 5:25 PM arceeHS <arceehs at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 1. Unplug the eMate from the AC adapter. Unplug the AC adapter from power.
>>>> Disconnect the battery inside the eMate.
>>>> 2. Let the eMate sit unpowered for 24 hours. You may push the reset button
>>>> on the back as many times as you like.
>>>> 3. Plug the AC adapter into power. Plug the AC adapter into the eMate.
>>>> 4. Turn on the eMate and breathe thankful sighs of relief when it starts
>>>> up and as you go thru' the screen setup procedure.
>>>>
>>>
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