[NTLK] MP2k stuck in boot loop after hard reset

[Matthias Melcher]

> On 28. Jun 2025, at 20:48, mark audacity romberg <mark.romberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I finally got patch 712000 installed on my 2k, and it came up fine, everything worked. 
> 
> Restored it from backup, and it started boot looping. 
> 
> Hard reset it again, and it starts up, shows an error box that says “Newton restarted because of a system error,” and then restarts again. 
> 
> How can this persist after a hard reset, and how do I fix it?
> 
> —m.a

Spontaneuous first idea, since you have a backup: try the various resets:

https://newtonfaq.com/newton-faq-nos.html#IIIB2

Once you have reset everything, put the backup back on and see if it works. If the time patch is no longer there, reapply the patch afterwards.

Hope that helps,

 - Matthias