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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Battery Questions

« on: May 10, 2005, 10:37:29 am »

Hi there,
Newbie questions. On my slc3000 (which doesn't work) I noticed that in the service menu the battery charge status is off and it doesn't charge. Also, the low battery status says 'fatal status- H' with the lead plugged in and 'fatal status- L' without the lead. Has anyone got an explanation for this state of affairs?

I'm about to frame this machine and hang it on the wall as a nice (expensive)picture because I can't get it to work. I am very sad because I was just beginning to enjoy it when it stopped working.

Before I frame it can anyone help me get it running again?

I can D&M it and D&P it, have restored the NAND flash following (www.xlfag.com/zaurus/) and have also reinstalled the software. Left the kernel as is.

What I have now is the Sharp boot screen back on with:

INIT: version 2.78 booting
INIT: Entering runlevel:4
INIT: sending processes the TERM signal

Lineo uLinux
Kernel 2.4.20 on an armv5tel
Zaurus Logon:

Not sure what to do next. Sorry to be so stupid!

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Restoring Slc3000 - Next Steps

« on: May 03, 2005, 06:41:07 am »

Hi there,
I have been trying to get my SLC3000 back after it went wrong.

Have restored the NAND flash following the user group advice (www.xlfag.com/zaurus/). I have also reinstalled the software. Left the kernel as is.

What I have now is the Sharp boot screen back on with:

INIT: version 2.78 booting
INIT: Entering runlevel:4
INIT: sending processes the TERM signal

Lineo uLinux
Kernel 2.4.20 on an armv5tel
Zaurus Logon:

Can't get any further.

Any suggestions please?

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Help - 3000 Looks Dead

« on: May 01, 2005, 04:00:59 am »

Did you pull the SD card when you rebooted?  Because it sounds like it's trying to find the card.


Try the d+b boot option to get a terminal and work from there. To do that remove the battery, re-install it, and press the "On" button.  To get a terminal (without starting the GUI) hold down the "b" and "d" keys while restarting it.
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Hi Wiredog,
Many thanks for the info.
Can't even try that. The unit is completely dead and I can't charge it up at all, or at least the light wont come on. I can still get the service menue.

I'll send it back to Dynamism now!!!!

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Help - 3000 Looks Dead

« on: April 28, 2005, 04:17:24 am »

Have had a slc3000 for 2 months. Worked fine until now - tried to insert a 128mb SDcard. It started to behave erratically and locked up.

Could not navigate it so rebooted it -made no difference.

Performed a soft reset -made no difference.

Hard reset resulted in the machine locking on the SHARP screen (red letters in the middle of a white/grey screen), Flashing cursor.

After about 10 seconds the cursor (blinking) on the right bottom of the screen moved to the left bottom and I could just make out the following line flashing:

grep:/var/lib/pmcia/stab:no such file or directory

Tried to do a Japanese reset as per Dynamism, but now the machine wont even switch on and the charge light wont even come on when plugged into the mains. However, in the service menu I can tell it to charge and it does until I exit the service menu.

HELP!