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For Sale / Wanted / For Sale: Excellent C860 With Many Extras

« on: June 07, 2005, 05:58:46 am »

This is depressing.  I'm thinking of selling my C750 with all of my accessories for $550, but seeing as you're having such a hard time selling a C860 with even more accessories for that much, I'm a little discouraged.

Has interest in the Cxx0 models dropped so low that they are worth so little?  How depressing...
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With all due respect, that's more than what overseas suppliers are quoting for current models (the  C1000 primarily). I understand accessories add up, but even then, spending more money on pristine but used two-year old handheld than a new improved model is a bit hard to swallow.

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5x00 Hardware / 5500 : Compact Flash (cf) Slot Failure ?

« on: April 22, 2005, 03:19:54 am »

I'm wondering if I've ended up with a 5500 with a broken CF slot. I've had no luck flashing ROMs (the ROM on the device is what it came with - Sharp 3.10) with two different CF cards (FAT16 formatted) - the amber light goes out, and that is it. Worse, the CF cards don't even show up in the  file manager, or the 'Files' tab. However, if I reboot the machine, then I get a 'CF' icon in the taskbar which allows me to eject the card, but that is it.

Moving to the terminal, running 'cardctl status' shows me that the card is recognized, but the status is forevery '[busy]'. 'dmesg' shows a message similar or identical to :

""cs: socket c03b0800 timed out during reset.  Try increasing setup_delay."

 I tried 'cardctl eject' and restarting the PCMCIA services to no avail.

Does anyone recognize this problem signature ? If the CF slot is indeed broken, are there ANY workarounds at all in terms of updating/flashing the ROM. I've Googled these issues till I turned blue in the face, but haven't found anything remotely informative (the status message does appear in a couple of IRC logs, but no solution, or even a response is to be found).

(Just as an aside, SD/MMC cards are recognized just fine, and almost instantaneously.)

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Problems Flashing 3.5.3 On A 5500

« on: April 22, 2005, 01:36:18 am »

Sometimes I have had a similar problem and found that there are other files on the flash card which cause the problem. It may be worth while checking the cf card contains only the 2 files needed, and no hidden files.

I actually took care of that as well - made sure nothing else was on the card except for the two required files.

The other thing is the sequence of releasing the buttons.
I have found that if you release the reset button first it seems to work more smoothly.

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Hm, that is something to try again - although I'm sure that in the dozen times or so I tried this, I must have released the buttons in that order at least 3-4 times.

The other worrying thing is that the CF cards don't even seem to be recognized in the SHARP ROM - as in they don't get mounted, and I can't see the files on them. If I reboot the machine with the card in the slot, I do get a small CF icon on the Qtopia taskbar with an 'Eject card' option, but that is it. I can't the CF card in the 'Files' tab, or using the file manager.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Problems Flashing 3.5.3 On A 5500

« on: April 21, 2005, 09:19:13 pm »

Hi, I recently got a hand-me-down 5500 and am trying to get OZ 3.5.3 on it. It currently has v.3.10 of the Sharp ROM on it. I followed the installation instructions to the letter :

o verified MD5 checksums of files
o made sure the files were renamed properly
o formatted the CF card with a FAT16 filesystem
o put the files at the root of the FS
o connected to AC power while flashing

All that happens when I press C+D+reset is that the the amber light goes out, and neither light comes back on. When I replace the battery cover, and reset the switch to the normal operation position, the Z boots up into the same old OS with all data gone (as is to be expected).

Now, I'm using a 128 MB 4X Lexar CF card here - I wondered if anyone else has had trouble with such a card since I can't think of anything else I'm doing wrong. I'd appreciate any help since I can't find anything obvious (or even non-obvious) with Google. Thanks.