[NTLK] No screen Input?

James Rogers jhrogersii at gmail.com
Mon Jul 2 21:22:44 EDT 2012


No dice on the 2100. It looks like the other guy was right. It looks like the problem described here:

http://www.pda-soft.de/en/stories/1771/max1771.html

It will either need a new 1771 chip or a new motherboard. Lucky me. But hey, at least my 2000 works properly now. 

James Rogers

Writer- iSource.com

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On Jul 2, 2012, at 8:02 PM, arceeHS <arceehs at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great. This might also work for the MP 2100 you are dealing with in another
> NTLK thread.
> 
> arceeHS
> 
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 7:55 PM, James Rogers <jhrogersii at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Thanks! Holding reset while powered off did the trick!
>> 
>> James Rogers
>> 
>> Writer- iSource.com
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Jul 2, 2012, at 7:43 PM, arceeHS <arceehs at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> James, doesn't it seem like "the guy who repaired it" hasn't and needs to
>>> do some more work?
>>> 
>>> I don't know where all you've been with this but have you tried taking
>> the
>>> battery pack out, with no power what-so-ever, and just letting the MP sit
>>> for a day or so? You might want to hold in the reset after removing all
>>> power and again before you reinstall the battery pack/hook up the AC
>>> adapter. FWIW.
>>> 
>>> arceeHS
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 7:02 PM, James Rogers <jhrogersii at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Ok, I just don't seem to have any luck with Newtons. I just got my
>> MP2000
>>>> back from the guy who repaired it, and the screen doesn't accept input.
>> I
>>>> have done several soft resets, but to no avail. I can't do a hard reset,
>>>> because I can't respond to the prompts on the screen.
>>>> 
>>>> Is this a common problem? Is there anything else I should try, or is it
>>>> more than likely something with the new motherboard or screen?
>>>> 
>>>> James Rogers
>>>> 
>>>> Writer- iSource.com
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPad
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