Re: [NTLK] BackTalk (... problems with txt)

From: peter.edwardsson_at_equant.com
Date: Tue Oct 16 2001 - 18:00:51 EDT


John M. Powell wrote:
>
>Did you try a HARDWARE reset? It's a slightly different proceedure
>from the brain wipe (check the faq's, I can't tell you off the
>top of my head how to do it). REMOVE ALL CARDS before you do it.
>I don't know if it does anything with the ir, but I know it
>resets the pcmcia buss and can be hazardous to whatever might
>be in there.

Yes, I did a hard (hardware) reset according to the FAQ:

e) Hard Reset ("Brainwipe")

Before you perform a hard reset, first remove all PCMCIA cards from the
Newton (this is really important, otherwise you may destroy the card!).

This hard reset WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON YOUR NEWTON. Use it with caution,
and usually only as a last resort. If you are performing a Backup and
Restore Cycle, you will want to perform a hard reset after the backup and
before the restore. Other than that, you will probably never perform one;
unless you have major data corruption, or are selling your Newton.

To perform a Hard reset, tap the reset button, while holding down the power
switch. You will be presented with a dialog box asking "Do you want to
erase data completely" . Tap Yes if you want to perform the Hard reset and
erase everything on the Newton. You will be asked to reconfirm your
selection, and then the data will be erased.

John, is this the kind of reset that you are refering to when you say
hardware reset?

/Peter

Jon Glass wrote:
>
>It may be that you have a corrupt module on your hard drive, i.e. >You
need
>to download a new copy and try installing that??

I will give it a try (what else can I do?).

/Peter

Daniel Padilla wrote:

>Only one thing. While developing NokiaNames, I noticed that my >newton
couldn't receive anything from the IR Port after a soft >reset.
>To "fix" this, I had to try to send any kind of beam, say from >Notes,
Names, etc. and stop it after a few seconds.

I tried this also, after I read your advise, but with no success. Thanks
anyway.

/Peter

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