on 6/16/02 6:52 PM, Frank Gruendel at Frank_Gruendel_at_t-online.de wrote:
>
>> Ok, here's our problem. My old 130 has started shutting off at random, and
>> giving me a message that the power was interrupted.
>
> <snip>
>
> Ocasionally list members recommend FixTrax as a cure. This was written to
> solve
> exactly the problem you describe, but for older models. On the one (out of
> 12 by now)
> Newtons I was able to install it on before it shut off, it didn't help
> whatsoever.
>
From the web:
> This small extension (2Kb) is for all MP120/MP130 Users, who suffer from the
> problem, that the Newton switches off immediately after switching it on. This
> sometimes repeates up to 10 times so that switching on the Newton can be a
> real pain.
>
> This seems to be an error in NOS 2.0 (2.1 devices don't suffer from this
> problem) and it occurs if an application does some memory intensive things
> directly before power off or directly after power on. There is NOT a corrupted
> package installed which induces this error. This really seems to be an OS
> problem.
>
> Config has written a very simple fix for this problem: The Newton is not
> allowed to switch off within 3 Seconds from the power on. This fix is running
> on several MP120 now with almost 100% success and there have been no problems
> so far. If you are not satisfied with the package, you can just remove the
> package and restart your Newton.
>
> This package makes you Newton usable again if you are really angry about this
> bug.
>
From the web site:
This small extension (2Kb) is for all MP120/MP130 Users, who suffer from the
problem, that the Newton switches off immediately after switching it on.
This sometimes repeates up to 10 times so that switching on the Newton can
be a real pain.
This seems to be an error in NOS 2.0 (2.1 devices don't suffer from this
problem) and it occurs if an application does some memory intensive things
directly before power off or directly after power on. There is NOT a
corrupted package installed which induces this error. This really seems to
be an OS problem.
Config has written a very simple fix for this problem: The Newton is not
allowed to switch off within 3 Seconds from the power on. This fix is
running on several MP120 now with almost 100% success and there have been no
problems so far. If you are not satisfied with the package, you can just
remove the package and restart your Newton.
This package makes you Newton usable again if you are really angry about
this bug. Package is at:
https://ssl.kundenserver.de/config-informationstechnik.de/Products/Newton/Fi
xTrax/default.htm
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