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Title: C3000 Won't Turn On
Post by: totsubo on April 12, 2005, 03:58:01 am

I had my Z C3000 with me at the office today and was using it fine. When I came back home I tried but couldn't turn it on. At first I though the battery was dead so I plugged in the charger but still I can't turn it on. The charging light is one so I dunno what's up.

I tried removing the battery for a few seconds and putting it back in but that didn't help.

Any ideas?

Title: C3000 Won't Turn On
Post by: mulveyr on April 12, 2005, 09:07:07 am

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I had my Z C3000 with me at the office today and was using it fine. When I came back home I tried but couldn't turn it on. At first I though the battery was dead so I plugged in the charger but still I can't turn it on. The charging light is one so I dunno what's up.

I tried removing the battery for a few seconds and putting it back in but that didn't help.

Any ideas?
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Did you try a reset?

Title: C3000 Won't Turn On
Post by: totsubo on April 12, 2005, 09:46:14 am

Reset by pushing the reset button and lose my data? No.

My Z is up and working now. I guess there must be a minimum level the battery must be at, even with the charger plugged in, for the Z to come up. After letting it charge for an hour it booted up fine.

Title: C3000 Won't Turn On
Post by: nilch on April 12, 2005, 09:55:25 am

You are not going to lose data by resetting - thats the beauty of the Zaurus (the recent ones).

Yes it takes a considerable charge to fire it up again.

Title: C3000 Won't Turn On
Post by: bluedevils on April 12, 2005, 11:20:13 am

Yes Lithium Ion batteries have circuitry to prevent over charging.  If there is not enough power for that circuitry, the Z won't power on.

Title: C3000 Won't Turn On
Post by: totsubo on April 12, 2005, 08:24:30 pm

I didn't check but I thought resetting would undo revert the Z back to factory settings, no?

Thanks for the info on the battery! Makes it a bit annoying though when your battery runs out ... even though the Z is plugged into the wall it won't start

Title: C3000 Won't Turn On
Post by: bluedevils on April 12, 2005, 10:31:54 pm

no, the newer Zs are more like a normal computer (especially the 3000 with a HDD).  The information is not wiped out with loss of power (unless you are in the middle of editting something).

Title: C3000 Won't Turn On
Post by: AndyTiedye on April 13, 2005, 03:20:41 am

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I didn't check but I thought resetting would undo revert the Z back to factory settings, no?
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That's a different "reset" involving navigating some menus in Japanese.

Just pulling the battery and pressing the reset button won't revert to factory settings.