Re: [NTLK] Power was interrupted...

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Tue Aug 07 2001 - 14:02:37 EDT


On Tuesday, August 7, 2001, at 01:51 PM, zbir_at_urbanape.com wrote:

>> There might be something causing the unit to reboot upon trying to
>> perform some operations. Whenever it reboots, the Newton should give
>> you
>> an alert explaining the cause of it. Do you get that error?
>
> The only error I get is "The system restarted because power was
> interrupted"

Well, then that would point to the battery holder not having firm enough
connections to the Newton itself.

>
>> BTW, did you do a "hard reset" when you got it? If not, God only knows
>> what could be running on that 2100...
>
> I haven't yet, but I assumed the previous owner had since the first time
> I turned it on, I got the calibration scene followed by "Fill out the
> owner info" bits...

Well, then, assuming you haven't installed too many things yet, it seems
that the problem is a hardware one.

-Laurent.

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