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Title: C3100 Would Not Turn On!
Post by: silencer51 on February 18, 2006, 07:19:51 pm

Something happened today that really scared me!

I was out working on my 3100, I finished my work and suspended it. The battery was almost dead.

A few hours later I tried to turn it on to no avail. "Dead battery", I thought.

However, even after plugging in the AC cord it wouldnt turn on. The battery charging light would light up but the unit was as good as dead.

I tried everything, soft resets, taking out the battery, eventually the unit after a lot of failed attempts turned on and proceeded to boot ok.

I am now writing this from the Z, it seems to be working ok. However, this incident scared me. Is this behaviour normal? Did my dead battery cause this? Does the 3100 need some juice in the battery in order to turn on?

Title: C3100 Would Not Turn On!
Post by: sidmoraes on February 18, 2006, 07:30:13 pm

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Something happened today that really scared me!

I was out working on my 3100, I finished my work and suspended it. The battery was almost dead.

A few hours later I tried to turn it on to no avail. "Dead battery", I thought.

However, even after plugging in the AC cord it wouldnt turn on. The battery charging light would light up but the unit was as good as dead.

I tried everything, soft resets, taking out the battery, eventually the unit after a lot of failed attempts turned on and proceeded to boot ok.

I am now writing this from the Z, it seems to be working ok. However, this incident scared me. Is this behaviour normal? Did my dead battery cause this? Does the 3100 need some juice in the battery in order to turn on?
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Yes, this is normal. You need at least some charge in the battery, or your Z doesn't work.

Title: C3100 Would Not Turn On!
Post by: xamindar on February 18, 2006, 07:31:50 pm

I hope you let it charge a little before trying to turn it on again.  It will not turn on right away if the battery is dead and you plug in the charger, you need to let it charge for a little bit.

Title: C3100 Would Not Turn On!
Post by: silencer51 on February 19, 2006, 12:32:40 pm

Thanks for the replies guys.

I do remember my Z working with the battery removed and the power cable plugged in... Cant it turn on without a battery inserted? That also didnt work for me yesterday...

Title: C3100 Would Not Turn On!
Post by: bam on February 19, 2006, 02:17:45 pm

the z has the oddest behaviour I have ever seen from any device, I have learned not to panick too much.

Title: C3100 Would Not Turn On!
Post by: Srono on February 20, 2006, 10:47:57 am

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the z has the oddest behaviour I have ever seen from any device, I have learned not to panick too much.
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At the time i could not turn on my 3100, i was not panic also.
But... after getting home and trying every method people suggested... i have learned a different thing