Re: NTLK My new newton has arrived DOA. Help

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin@fanniemae.com)
Date: Tue Feb 29 2000 - 12:02:40 EST


"Harbottle, Richard P" wrote:

> Hi,
> I took the plunge and purchased a new 130 from e-bay. It is intended as an
> incremental upgrade for my 120.
> Unfortunately it doesn't start up.
> I've replaced the backup battery and the main batteries and I've plugged in
> the charger to no avail. I've also tried numerous suggested combinations of
> power and reset button trickery.
> Is there a definitive method to attempt to start a dead Newt before I have
> to investigate the costly process of sending this back to the states?
> Richard

Richard,

Did you try to remove the backup battery and the AA batteries, and let the 130
powerless for an hour or so? You can then plugged it in with the AC adapter,
and do a soft reset.

-Laurent.
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