[NTLK] OMP Display Problem- Very very dim

[Mike Rankin]

William,

Take all cards out of mp100, and do a reset/reboot. Does this work?

Mike


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On Oct 21, 2012, at 9:25 PM, William Maloney <william.maloney.09 at cnu.edu> wrote:

> Put in some brand new batteries and simple reset. Nothing yet. Newton
> is not backed up but nearly all information is stored on an a 2MB
> memory card.
> 
> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:11 AM, William Maloney
> <william.maloney.09 at cnu.edu> wrote:
>> Okay, just put in some different AAAs from a few remotes I had and the
>> Newton Logo goes bright but then the main screen goes dim again.
>> Guessing Newton is trying to tell me to get new batteries??
>> 
>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 12:06 AM, William Maloney
>> <william.maloney.09 at cnu.edu> wrote:
>>> I've had some more or less dead one's in the battery holder for about
>>> a week. Its just running next to my bed off the AC adapter. Not so
>>> sure about the backup. Would you suggest trying to power it off of new
>>> AAAs?
>>> 
>>> It may also help to mention: I did take the thing apart a few months
>>> back to take care of the power switch problem. The ZIF connection
>>> didn't cause a problem at the time.
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Michael Rankin <mcrsnap at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>> William,
>>>> 
>>>> I trust that your battery levels are fine?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Mike
>>>> On Oct 14, 2012, at 8:51 PM, William Maloney wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> My MP100/Vintage Alarm clock has some weird screen problem. It
>>>>> suddenly went very very dim. When I put it to sleep and turned it back
>>>>> on, the Newton Logo was bright and readable. Thinking it was a
>>>>> software problem, I rebooted the system and now can hardly read
>>>>> anything. Any ideas? Already tried to the contrast slider- it does no
>>>>> good.
>>>>> 
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