From: Andre Beckedorf (Newton_at_Beckedorf.net)
Date: Sun Sep 08 2002 - 23:40:23 PDT
Hallo Johannes!
> I am aware of only one case that this part of the memory is cleared where
> the system patch is installed: changing the ROM board inside the Newt.
> So what I could imagine is that your ROM-board is loose or the contacts
are
> bad.
> You should definitely check that to avoid such a behaviour again.
The ROM Board was definitely not loose. The contacts on the board also
seemed to be quite good. I checked that yesterday.
Maybe I triggered some kind of undocumented function by accident, pulling
the power switch and pressing the reset button simultanuously again and
again.
The backup I did before this weird crash finished completely.
Regards,
Andre Beckedorf
----- Original Message -----
From: "Johannes Wolf" <mp2100_at_mail-gw.estec.esa.nl>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Strange Newton Experience...
>
>
> I would have been careful restoring the old data if the backup process was
> not completely finished.
>
> Johannes
>
> > [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Andre Beckedorf
> > Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 9:39 AM
> > Subject: [NTLK] Strange Newton Experience...
>
>
>
> > Hi everybody,
>
> > something really strange just happened to my UMP2000:
> > I made a backup from the internal flash to a backup card and exactly
after
> > the backup my newton crashed and switched off. I tried to restart
> > it to, but
> > to no avail. I pushed the reset button on the back, nothing
> > happened. Tried
> > it again, nothing. Pulled out the battery, reinserted it, retried
> > the whole
> > process, but again: my Newton remained dead.
> > So, I took out the battery for 5 minutes, reinserted it und
> > pushed the reset
> > button several times, but the Newton didn't resurrect.
> > Then suddenly with some hectic movement on the power-switch it turned on
> > just to shut down in the next moment. I pulled the switch again. This
time
> > it turned on; the whole internal store was cleared and the Newton
welcomed
> > me with the setup program known from a fresh install.
> > But: I did not clear the internal store before! There was no
> > "brain-wipe"-slip appearing asking me whether to clear the internal
> > memory...
> >
> > So, luckily I had backuped the internal store to a flash card
> > before, what a
> > coincidence! I restored it immediately.
> > Something rather strange stroke me again: Why was the heap memory at
100KB
> > not at 350KB as it used to be????
> > I opened the Memory Info slip and couldn't believe it: My 717260
Firmware
> > vanished to 717006. This was the original version of the 2.1 ROM that
was
> > shipped with the MP2000, which obviously did not support the memory
> > extension the MP2100 introduced. As a matter of fact it didn't
> > recognize the
> > the additional memory in my upgraded MP2000.
>
> > So now I guess the only thing left for me to do is to reinstall
717260...
> > What a strange day...
>
> > Did anyone else happen to have had this problem too?
>
> > Kind Regards,
> > Andre Beckedorf
>
>
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