Re: [NTLK] Help! (Water spill!)

From: Daniel Padilla (daniel.padilla_at_wanadoo.es)
Date: Fri Apr 05 2002 - 15:48:35 EST


    That's the way the newton shows that a internal start-up test has failed.
I got that after upgrading a MP2000 and some pins weren't well soldered.

    Have you tried cleaning the ROM board contacts?

    Daniel Padilla

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Goggan" <jgoggan_at_dcg.com>
To: <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 10:30 PM
Subject: [NTLK] Help! (Water spill!)

>
>
> Ok -- I just spilled (a small amount) of Diet Pepsi onto my NPDS-dedicated
> MP2100! Now, it looked like most of the liquid was actually external. I
> removed the ethernet card and wiped off the Newt -- everything seemed fine. I
> let it sit for a while -- and then put the card back in. As soon as I put the
> card in, the Newt reset -- and never came back.
>
> Now, whenever it has power -- the backlight flashes twice -- then a pause --
> then flashes twice -- then a pause -- forever.
>
> I can't even seem to invoke a brainwipe from this state! Any ideas?? Doesn't
> seem to matter if I do battery or AC -- as soon as it gets power, I get
> <flash> <flash> <pause> <flash> <flash> <pause> ...
>
> :(
>
> - John...
>
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