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Everything Else => Sharp Zaurus => Model Specific Forums => Distros, Development, and Model Specific Forums => Archived Forums => 5x00 Hardware => Topic started by: rafm on June 29, 2006, 06:18:55 pm
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How did it happen: I connected a car lighter adapter, after a minute the adapter started to smoke. After that the Zaurus does not start and the battery cannot be charged.
Symptoms:
* No reaction after pressing "cancel"
* When the power cable is connected, no led is lit
* The battery does not seem to get charged (I measured about 1V on the battery connectors when the power cable is plugged)
* The battery works properly (checked in another Zaurus)
Does anyone know what could get burned? Is it possible to fix it, or I should start looking for a new Z on eBay?
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It's a new trend in portable computing, like the following:
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/del...ames-182257.php (http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/laptops/dell-laptop-explodes-in-flames-182257.php)
They called it a "thermal incident" (reminiscent of a wardrobe malfunction).
Sorry to hear about your 5500...