From: Johannes Wolf (mp2100_at_mail-gw.estec.esa.nl)
Date: Sun Sep 08 2002 - 23:14:06 PDT
I am aware of only one case that this part of the memory is cleared where
the system patch is installed: changing the ROM board inside the Newt.
So what I could imagine is that your ROM-board is loose or the contacts are
bad.
You should definitely check that to avoid such a behaviour again.
I would have been careful restoring the old data if the backup process was
not completely finished.
Johannes
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Andre Beckedorf
> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 9:39 AM
> Subject: [NTLK] Strange Newton Experience...
> Hi everybody,
> something really strange just happened to my UMP2000:
> I made a backup from the internal flash to a backup card and exactly after
> the backup my newton crashed and switched off. I tried to restart
> it to, but
> to no avail. I pushed the reset button on the back, nothing
> happened. Tried
> it again, nothing. Pulled out the battery, reinserted it, retried
> the whole
> process, but again: my Newton remained dead.
> So, I took out the battery for 5 minutes, reinserted it und
> pushed the reset
> button several times, but the Newton didn't resurrect.
> Then suddenly with some hectic movement on the power-switch it turned on
> just to shut down in the next moment. I pulled the switch again. This time
> it turned on; the whole internal store was cleared and the Newton welcomed
> me with the setup program known from a fresh install.
> But: I did not clear the internal store before! There was no
> "brain-wipe"-slip appearing asking me whether to clear the internal
> memory...
>
> So, luckily I had backuped the internal store to a flash card
> before, what a
> coincidence! I restored it immediately.
> Something rather strange stroke me again: Why was the heap memory at 100KB
> not at 350KB as it used to be????
> I opened the Memory Info slip and couldn't believe it: My 717260 Firmware
> vanished to 717006. This was the original version of the 2.1 ROM that was
> shipped with the MP2000, which obviously did not support the memory
> extension the MP2100 introduced. As a matter of fact it didn't
> recognize the
> the additional memory in my upgraded MP2000.
> So now I guess the only thing left for me to do is to reinstall 717260...
> What a strange day...
> Did anyone else happen to have had this problem too?
> Kind Regards,
> Andre Beckedorf
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