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Bricked My Zaurus [solved]
« on: November 11, 2006, 05:30:47 am »
I have a C-1000, and I was trying to install r121. I did not have u-boot on it, so I used the sharp bootloader to install it, as instructed by here.
I then stuck the pdaxrom files on a FAT16 formatted SD card, which has given me no problems in the past, unplugged/plugged the Zaurus, and tried to boot it up. No lights.

When I hold OK while booting, no responce. C+D while booting with the bootloader files on the card, it does nothing. Is there any hope of resurrecting it? Any ideas on how to fix this mess? I will gladly provide more information if needed, thanks. I am open to trying pretty much anything.
« Last Edit: November 11, 2006, 05:47:00 pm by SlackwareLinux »
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Bricked My Zaurus [solved]
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2006, 07:19:06 am »
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I have a C-1000, and I was trying to install r121. I did not have u-boot on it, so I used the sharp bootloader to install it, as instructed by here.
I then stuck the pdaxrom files on a FAT16 formatted SD card, which has given me no problems in the past, unplugged/plugged the Zaurus, and tried to boot it up. No lights.

When I hold OK while booting, no responce. C+D while booting with the bootloader files on the card, it does nothing. Is there any hope of resurrecting it? Any ideas on how to fix this mess? I will gladly provide more information if needed, thanks. I am open to trying pretty much anything.
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try the instructions [a href=\"http://mail.pdaxrom.org/node/120]over here.[/url]

Make sure there is only one card in your Z - cf or sd. With both cards in it, it will fail.

If that doesn't work : Reformat the card. Even if you already tried this, I had to try 3 times.

What do you use to write on the card ? When I put the files on it using my sansa mp3 player, it failed. When I used my mini-card-drive, it worked.

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« Last Edit: November 11, 2006, 07:22:34 am by Chero »
HP-95LX -> HP Jornada 680 -> SL-C860 -> SL-C3100 -> Fuji u810 -> SL-C1000 -> HTC uni -> SL-C860 -> SL-C760.
March 12 2009 : Back because the Zaurus is one of a kind.
SL-C760 : pdaXrom
Pandora pre-ordered -> received and tested : great device but not my cup of tea -> sold.

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Bricked My Zaurus [solved]
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2006, 05:46:44 pm »
Thanks! I got it working.
I was using a sandisk card reader, which was not working.

I tried the card reader on a Brother MFC 210C printer, which took awhile, but it worked on a FAT32 formatted Cosair 1GB card.

I was pretty scared there for awhile
Zaurus SL-C1000, Linksys WCF12, pdaXrom
Fighting ignorance with ignorance
cd / && cd .. && ls
What do you find