I'm going to add a"Me, too!" onto this one. For a week now I've been
having problems with my UMP2k. The batteries are fine, and yet it refuses
to turn on, and I have to either remove all power for 10 minutes or hold
down reset for five seconds.
I've got the same problems that you mentioned in 1 and 2, Robert, but I
also want to add another concern:
3) Newton sometimes turns itself on spontaneously, without reason.
and another:
4) Newton seems to be much more susceptible to static electricity,
especially when I touch it around the seam where the two plastic halves
come together - recently I have been giving my poor Newt unintentional
shocks when I reach to pick it up - aack!
All this leads me to the conclusion that there is either a loose power
wire somewhere, or something very wrong with the power switch.
Maybe Dr. Newton can jump in - have you heard of anything like this
before?
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2000 RobertRuff@aol.com wrote:
> Martin.
>
> I have also been having this problem and what I find is that if I remove
> the batteries for an hour or so (hour is the shortest time I have had sucess
> with but I have not tried times between 15 min and 1 hour) it will start and
> reboot.
>
> While I'm at it lets collect a little data on this phenomenon.
>
> I have an MP2000 upgraded.
>
> 1) My Newt sometimes spontaneously goes to sleep, taking several tries and
> may require soft reset via reset button on the back before turning on.
>
> 2) Newt remains unresponsive until all power is removed for an undetermined
> minimum amount of time one hour is the shortest time I have been
> sucessfull.
>
> Newton Reboots
> Date is set to some time in 1996.
>
>
> If anyone can anyone can help or provide data please do,
>
>
> I think that a bad package is causing this so I'm to isolate the problem I
> am freezing all packages by folder.
>
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