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5x00 Hardware / Some Keys Don't Work, M, C F

« on: November 04, 2005, 10:52:14 pm »

hi,

suddenly, a bunch of keys stopped working on the Z keyboard.  so many that's it's now impossible to type anything. about 7 out of the 26 letters won't do anything and two of the digit keys.  the keys that don't work are not all next to each other, but they are very popular keys and maybe they just wore out?

i could take it apart to clean it, but it does not seem to be the place where dirt can even enter. does anyone have an idea about what I could do?

thanks

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5x00 Hardware / Z Case- What Are You Using?

« on: November 04, 2005, 07:57:05 am »

I use a generic body glove neoprenet "data suit" which fits the Z, has a stylus holder and a pocket for the cf cards. Here is one for 7 bucks!

http://www.styluscentral.com/bogldasuunpd.html

I bought mine at best buy or something a few years ago, looks like the styles have changed somewhat. plenty of padding. mine is a snug fit on The sl5500

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Open Zaurus Flash, Z Now Dead

« on: July 07, 2005, 05:46:02 pm »

Got it working..

FYI. I bought a CF reader (my Z was my CF reader) and saw that the zImage file was 0 bytes.  recopied the files to the CF using the reader. did the reset C-D and it flashed for only about 2 minutes. hitting the Reset and then power on did not work, but 10 minutes later I it the power button and it did work!  Welcome to Opie.

Thanks for the great software and for the support forums.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Open Zaurus Flash, Z Now Dead

« on: July 06, 2005, 10:18:22 pm »

Hi all,

I tried to Flash Open Zaurus on my 5500 using a CF card that I formatted. Thinking that was needed, since nothing happened when i tried to flash without formatting the CF. So after formatting and copying the zImage and initrd.bin, the two lights stay on for about 3 minutes, when they go off the Z will not turn on. I did the reset, put the button back in Normal operation etc. I can reflash and get the same lights for 3 minutes.  Any ideas on getting the Z to turn on?

Perhaps instead  I need a new CF card that I won't format and try to flash again. anyone want to sell me such a CF?