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General Discussion / My Z Is Dead

« on: October 21, 2005, 12:22:04 am »

Ok, i guess i have to take this topic in a different direction. If no one knows what is wrong, does anyone know if i can even contact sharp about this. I really dont see that happening but if anyone knows who/what i should call to get this thing fixed, that would be awesome. Dont really wanna get a new one and just pitch this so any help totally makes my day, thanx

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General Discussion / Think I Fried My Zaurus

« on: October 21, 2005, 12:12:38 am »

I have a 5600 which sounded like it could be kinda crispy like you said about yours. So I decided to dig in and found the positive and ground thing on the power plug, took a multimeter to it and it tested out fine. So my Z is getting power for sure so back to the drawing board.

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General Discussion / My Z Is Dead

« on: September 28, 2005, 01:36:54 pm »

I have a Z 5600 and up until it crashed i was running oz. But the basic problem is this, i have it plugged in and i hold down the 2 larger buttons to boot to the maintainence menu (srry dont have z with me so cant name buttons). Now i'm at the menu, i tell it to format and say yes on the next screen then the screen shuts off. I have let it go for about an hour before making sure that i wasnt just being impatient. So now i have to pop the battery cover, hit reset, put it back on and flip the switch then use my 2 buttons again to get it back to the menu. I have tried telling it to Update and it has the same reaction. The last thing I did before it crashed was try to but the original Sharp os on it, i'm not sure what happened while it installed but it doesnt do anything now. So here i sit with a $200 paperweight. If anyone has any ideas on what do try or should i just sell it for part. Thanx

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General Discussion / It Is Dead!

« on: August 31, 2005, 04:02:58 pm »

Hi, i bought a Zaurus sl-5600 about a month ago, i played with it for a while testing different systems and such but the other day i went to start it up but nothing. So i figured maybe the rom was corrupted or something and tried to re flash it but when i go to the maintainence menu and tell it to format/update, the screen just shuts off like it was gonna restart except it does nothing. At this point i have to pop the battery cover and hit the reset just to get back to the maintainence menu. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanx

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For Sale / Wanted / Wanted: Zaurus 5600 Main Board

« on: August 31, 2005, 03:56:23 pm »

Well the title pretty much says it, i bought a z 5600 on ebay and it worked good for a while but the crapped out. Not sure if it was cause i flashed it about 4 or 5 times or what but if you have a bad z, make an offer.