From: Johannes Wolf (mp2100_at_mail-gw.estec.esa.int)
Date: Tue Mar 29 2005 - 01:50:38 PST
Chances are that the batteries are low.
There are two options:
a) get a battery tray and use alkalines
b) wait til you ac adaptor arrives
Cheers
Johannes
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of John Stairs
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 9:46 PM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: [NTLK] Newton Resetting
> Hi All,
> I'm new to this list and to the Newton. I have had several palms and my
> current pda is a Sony Clie NZ90. I'm a Apple fanatic and so I decided
> to purchase a Newton after talking to several users online about their
> "love" affair with this particular piece of electronic equipment.
> I finally won an auction on Ebay and have just received my unit. It is
> in excellent condition, not a scratch on the screen and the body is in
> what I would refer to as "mint" condition.
> My problem is this, when I power up the Newton it chimes and a logo
> appears then it goes off and reappears again. It does this several
> times but never actually boots up. I've held down on the power button
> and pressed reset to do the hard reset. A screen comes up asking me if
> I want to erase data, I selected yes then OK at the next screen. In a
> couple of minutes it restarts and continues with the logo doing the
> same thing. I'm running this on batteries until the adapter I ordered
> ships.
> Any suggestions? I'm not sure if I just don't know what I'm doing or if
> I've bought a lemon.
> TIA,
> John Stairs
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