From: Ed Kummel (tech_ed_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Jan 23 2004 - 13:40:49 PST
This picture shows the whole board:
http://newton.tek-ed.com/newtspeed/img0002.htm
The supercap is at the bottom of the picture in the
center
As a reference, it's right next to the divider between
the PC card slots.
But I don't think that is your problem though...
As an experiment, I powered down my Newt and popped
out the battery for a second, then put it back in and
turned it on... it too restarted and reloaded all the
packages. The supercap is used to keep the clock
current (I think it also keeps information about the
power unit and stuff, but I'm not the expert) but not
to keep the packages loaded...
I'ld still look for a power interuption being the
cause.
Ed
web/gadget guru
--- Anil <anil_at_thisiswhatwedo.com> wrote:
> You can see the super cap in this pic at Frank's
> site. It is component
> marked C88.
> http://www.pda-soft.de/2x00_disassembly29large.jpg
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Anil.
>
> On Jan 22, 2004, at 01:59, Bret Feinblatt wrote:
>
> > I assumed that there was a cap in there somewhere,
> holding it together.
> > However, that's the point I was trying to make. It
> used to keep
> > everything cool so I didn't have to give it a
> writing calibration after
> > removing the battery for a moment, but now it
> does, even if the battery
> > is removed for a second.
> > I suspect that this cap might be loose after all,
> as someone mentioned
> > before that something might be loose. Would anyone
> happen to know where
> > this cap might be? Or maybe there's a site with a
> picture of the normal
> > board I could refer to.
=====
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