From: Frank Gruendel (newtontalk_at_pda-soft.de)
Date: Tue Mar 15 2005 - 08:45:18 PST
> I have an eMate that has a problem.
> When you plug it in, instead of=20
> booting, it just sits there and flashes
> (the backlight, that is) in a=20
> pattern; flash, flash, pause, flash, flash,
> pause, and so on. I have=20
> heared that this can be caused by the RAM
> being bad
This is normally the reason.
> but there is no Upgrade installed.
Are you sure? It might well be that there is, but
the eMate doesn't recognize it. The NewerTech upgrades
are so crappily soldered that I once had an eMate
who did claim to not have an upgrade and worked fine.
Until one day it was twisted, pushed or looked at in
a less than friendly manner, which brought the upgrade
from an "it isn't there" state to an "it is there and
defect" state, that was the very minute the eMate
started to flash.=20
> Does this mean the on-board RAM is no good?
Probably, if there's really only one daughterboard
installed in your eMate. If you want, you can send it
my way and I can have a look at it. Looking, as usual,
is free for list members.
Frank
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