Re: [NTLK] Faulty eMate (flashing screen)

From: Woody Smith (woodysmith_at_comcast.net)
Date: Mon Mar 14 2005 - 20:07:34 PST


Have you tried a reset?
On board memory failures seem to be very rare. I would disconnect the
power adapter, open the back, disconnect the battery, remove ROM card,
reseat the ROM card, connect battery, connect power adapter and hope
for the best.

Woody

On Mar 14, 2005, at 11:03 AM, Adam Ladds wrote:

> I have an eMate that has a problem. When you plug it in, instead of
> booting, it just sits there and flashes (the backlight, that is) in a
> pattern; flash, flash, pause, flash, flash, pause, and so on. I have
> heared that this can be caused by the RAM being bad, but there is no
> Upgrade installed. Does this mean the on-board RAM is no good?
>
> cheers
>
> Adam

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