[NTLK] [Spam] MP130 needs help

Bradley Mattice bradwart at gmail.com
Mon Sep 2 14:28:39 EDT 2013


I didn't think the MP130's were hard to come by. They're much cheaper, I
know that much. Picked up mine with the AC adapter, working, with a 2MB
card for about $25.

Could try the backup battery as well.


On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 6:10 AM, Chris Browder <kcfoxie at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have. Problem is that they are unresponsive and 130s are getting harder
> to come by than 2k's. I can mediate with eBay, and probably get a refund.
> He also overcharged for the shipping by $17.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 2, 2013, at 9:06 AM, arceeHS <arceehs at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You might want to share your problem with your eBay seller. Listed "in
> > working condition" should mean just that.
> >
> > arceeHS
> >
> > On 9/1/13, Woody Smith <woodysmith at me.com> wrote:
> >> And the 130 has been documented to have certain problems by Frank
> Grundel
> >> see <http://www.pda-soft.de/130_disassemble.html>  Follow his
> directions
> >> carefully.
> >> and if necessary repair section that follows.
> >>
> >> Woody
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sep 1, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Dan <dan at dbdigitalweb.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Not other than the usual leaving it without power for a while (which I
> >>> assume it has been doing).  Then putting in the batteries, pressing the
> >>> reset button in the battery compartment while holding down the power
> >>> switch.  This often gets a "dead newt" going.  You can then choose to
> >>> wipe the memory or say no and let it boot.  Personally I would say no
> >>> and let it boot, that way you get to see if there was any interesting
> >>> packages left behind by the previous owner. ;)
> >>>
> >>> If that doesn't work, then I think you need the AC adapter.  Sometimes
> >>> plugging one in without batteries will get it going when nothing else
> >>> will.  But make sure you use a apple adapter as most others have been
> >>> known to fry a Newt.
> >>>
> >>> -Dan
> >>>
> >>> On 9/1/2013 7:45 PM, Chris Browder wrote:
> >>>> Gang,
> >>>>
> >>>> I received a mp130 from eBay that was listed in working condition. I
> >>>> cannot get it to power up with AA's and I'm missing my power supplies
> as
> >>>> I'm moving. Any ideas on what to troubleshoot?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> Chris
> >>>
> >>>
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