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Off Topic forum / A Nano Wtf Moment

« on: April 17, 2008, 10:33:04 am »

What do you mean "most of that space"?  My guess is as soon as the technology is available Windoze will balloon to at least twice that. Wait until you see the size of the next edition of Office!

Back to the topic, I'm curious about the access speed of something like this. How quickly could you turn this on and off? Seems like we're not just talking about increasing storage capacity, but also processing power and processing speed.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Zaurus C1000 Will Not Charge

« on: April 16, 2008, 10:20:39 pm »

when you say you restored the original NAND, do you mean one you downloaded, or a previous backup?

I actually downloaded the Japanese NAND from trisoft. From what I understand this is the one installed at the factory.

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Debian / Htc Universal

« on: April 16, 2008, 05:15:30 pm »

The Universal looks more and more tempting. I have been getting tired hauling around a PDA AND a phone. The geek factor gets really high when I carry a PDA, cell phone, and a ham radio on my belt. Now this has me thinking... if I could run packet radio with a Universal and my radio, do APRS from the car with a built-in GPS... hmmmm.

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New products and alternatives / Sharp Has Released Zaurus-tng !?!?

« on: April 16, 2008, 05:03:02 pm »

Seems a bit big to me too. I prefer some flavor of linux on something like this for speed and the ability to choose only the applications I want. Why would I want to cram all of Vista in something this small and lose all the performance I could have on a much leaner OS? Still, the keyboard looks very usable and the Sharp screens have been unbeatable.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Zaurus C1000 Will Not Charge

« on: April 16, 2008, 04:54:16 pm »

if you think the internal charge circuitry is b0rked, maybe an external charger would be the way forward?

I'd be glad to go with an external charger, but it doesn't appear that the Zaurus will even work with a charged battery. I mentioned in an earlier post that I took the battery to a battery shop. They charged it for me and said it should at least have enough power to turn the Z on. They thought the battery was fine. Unfortunately the Z doesn't seem to think the battery is strong enough. This is all really strange.

1) A charged battery alone will not power up the unit.
2) Plugging in the charger will only get me to the Zaurus shell and the service menu. The "OK menu" (can't remember what it's called) will not work.
3) I can only get the unit to boot by typing "reboot" in the shell. As soon as power is removed or it's turned off I can't turn it on again.
4) If I boot the unit from the shell it works fine as long as I don't unplug it. I suppose I could get a long extension cord to reach around town.
5) I can't get any of my information out of it. I went back to the original Japanese NAND and I don't know how to load the old Cacko OS I was using without getting to the 'OK' menu.

AAARGH!!!

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Zaurus C1000 Will Not Charge

« on: April 16, 2008, 04:32:18 pm »

I have seen several reports here in the forum, that Zaurus refuses some third party batteries. Charging LED continuously blinks.

Additionally, you could try to change charge status manually in the service menu an use voltmeter to check voltage changes.

I had the original battery checked at a battery shop and was told that it should be fine to power on the unit. Neither battery works. I've also tried changing the charge status in the service menu. That does not produce any voltage increase in the battery. There is also a menu I've tried that manually charges the battery. No luck with that one either. The really frustrating thing is that I can't get it to power up with only the battery charger plugged in. Before I could at least hit the on button and get it to boot up. For now the only way I can do anything with it is through the service menu or the emergency console or what some call the Zaurus shell. I can't get it to work by holding down the OK key before plugging it in. Using D + M and D + B seems to work fine to get to those menus.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Zaurus C1000 Will Not Charge

« on: April 15, 2008, 12:51:35 pm »

The battery circuitry in the cxxxx series isn't like the cxxx's - I recall not finding the small-valued fuses (only ~3A ones) when I was looking at the schematics. So it may not be that.

Hmm. I know you tried the plastic-removal trick, but did you get rid of enough, or from the right place? It should be the plastic between the terminal and the case seam. If one of the terminals still isn't quite making proper contact it may be giving you these problems.

Yes, I tried removing more plastic. Here's what makes me think there's a more serious problem. When I removed more plastic from the new battery the amber light remained on for about 10 minutes. I was quite pleased with the result until the light started blinking 10 minutes later. If I try to power the unit without a battery the amber light begins to blink immediately. It acts differently depending on whether a battery inserted or not. If the problem is simply that the battery is not making contact, the charge light should start blinking right away whether or not I put the battery in. Right?

Do you know how I might get access to those schematics you mentioned in your post? I have a friend that would be willing to take the unit apart and look at it, but he says he'd like to have a schematic so he has some idea of WHAT he is looking at.

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For Sale / Wanted / [sold] 2 Sl-6000l's, Exp Sled, Batts Etc , Hard To Find Equip In Perfect Shape On Dec 1, 2007

« on: December 25, 2007, 02:48:40 pm »

Just curious if you sold the 6000s.  I'm located in NC and prefer the idea of buying from someone I could do a physical exchange with.

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For Sale / Wanted / Fs: Zaurus C1000

« on: December 25, 2007, 02:29:18 pm »

I'd be interested in purchasing yours as well.  Do you still have it?

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General Discussion / Happy Christmas Everyone!

« on: December 25, 2007, 11:58:12 am »

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to everyone.  I hope many are enjoying their new gadgets they found in their stockings.  I certainly am, but I think it was more fun to watch my father play with his new gadget.  We kids pooled our resources and did a little role reversal.  He's been playing since last night!!!

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Zaurus C1000 Will Not Charge

« on: December 25, 2007, 01:20:35 am »

Sorry for not being clear on my last post.  I did actually go into the service menu and I erased the NAND.  Then, from the service menu, I restored the original NAND.  Once the green bar at the bottom had finished moving and the menu read "ok" I returned to the service menu, turned off the Zaurus, unplugged everything, unlocked the battery compartment, pulled the battery out, pushed the 'reset' button and held it for about 30 seconds.  Then I replaced the battery, relocked the battery compartment, plugged in the power cable, and the battery charge light came on.  It stayed on for about 10 minutes and started blinking again.  I left it like that for a while (another 10 minutes or so?) to see if it would stop.  No luck.  I also checked the battery voltage.  No change.  The voltage read 3.7V before and it still read 3.7.  I measured with a separate voltmeter.  

Am I leaving anything out?

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Zaurus C1000 Will Not Charge

« on: December 23, 2007, 11:45:11 pm »

I did spend some time in the battery menus so I went ahead and did a NAND erase and restore.  I pulled out the power cable, unlocked the battery compartment, pulled the battery out, put it back in, locked the battery compartment, and plugged in the power supply.  The battery light came on and remained lit for about 10 minutes and then started flashing.  No change in battery voltage.  I'm still stumped and wondering about the possibility of a bad fuse, capacitors, or the entire power board.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Zaurus C1000 Will Not Charge

« on: December 23, 2007, 04:03:42 pm »

Ok, I tried carving some of the plastic away from the battery terminals.  Sure enough it was not making contact.  After scraping away a little plastic, putting the new battery into the battery compartment, and plugging in the power supply the battery light stayed on steady.  AND sure enough about 5 minutes later the battery light started blinking again.  I tried charging from the service menu.  Even after several hours no luck.  I'm back where I started.  

Oh, I also gave out some misinformation.  When I booted to the emergency console I typed in "reboot".  NOT "Qt".

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Zaurus C1000 Will Not Charge

« on: December 23, 2007, 12:52:04 pm »

Does your new battery need plastic carved away from the contacts? That seems to be a common problem with third-party batteries.

I don't think so.  It looks like it sits in there fairly well, but I will give it a shot.  I'd prefer a simple solution over something like poking around surface mount components with a soldering iron. (YIKES!!!)

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Zaurus C1000 Will Not Charge

« on: December 23, 2007, 07:46:54 am »

I thought I'd mention that when I charge from the Japanese NAND the battery light stays on for a few minutes (with the old battery) and then starts blinking.