On April 08 2002, doppler <doppler_at_mac.com> wrote:
>>> I notices my Newton will switch itself on by itself.]
>>> it is draining the batteries.
>>
>> Usually, all Newton will wake up at 3am to perform some cleaning tasks, =
like
>> forwarding any To-dos to the next day.
>
>actually, my green friend is behaving really strange in a caterpillar =
jacket
>of some plastic material. i guess it has to do with static electricity.
>newton keeps powercycling until the accupak drains :( i have to keep the
>newt in a separate bag, even dough i got the jacket because of its newton
>friendly-sized pockets...
Roman
I have recently seen a Newt with one of the tracks near the ROM and memory =
chips "blown" as if exploded over a very small area. The owner said it =
happened at switch on and under magnification it looked quite dramatic. I =
reckon it was caused by 'static' discharge.
'Static electricity' can be generated a.o causes by the lifting/tearing =
away action as e.g. sticky tape being lifted off another surface. If our =
Newts could be damaged by this 'static' charge I wouldn't risk using a =
synthetic case, especially if it had a velcr* type closure just in case.
Your message suggests a correlation between the synthetic case and the =
unexpected turning on. Would you deduce that from your recent experience? =
If so it seems 'static' discharge might somehow be involved.
Phil Denton
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