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« Reply #45 on: February 01, 2004, 04:43:38 pm »
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So, for us noobs, what\'s this bug with the 250\'s and how to avoid it?
Read my previous, previous post in this thread


Yeah oops, I re-read that after I posted.   :oops:

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« Reply #46 on: February 01, 2004, 05:02:33 pm »
Guess I was wrong. Anyway, so what would you suggest if you just purchased this a few weeks ago online? Do you think the seller or Sharp would make good and exchange it? Or will the kernel fix, do just as well as the upgrade. What is main difference they both are 400 processor is just some performance tweaks?
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« Reply #47 on: February 01, 2004, 05:05:31 pm »
Guest, please read the rest of the thread
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« Reply #48 on: February 01, 2004, 06:21:53 pm »
My new 5600 has the PXA255, I noticed a difference in speed when I went back to the sharp 1.32 ROM after playing with Zynergy (problems with the graphical ipkg tool, not much fun if you cannot install new software without jumping through hoops) and OZ (problems communicating with my PC over USB, want to use it in work and have no wifi there)

The sharp ROM was very noticably slower than the original ROM that came with the 5600 so I am going to give the pre-emptive kernel a go, I am resisting the urge to co for the special overclocked kernel as my Z is still less than a week old !

So the quest goes on for a ROM for 5600 !
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« Reply #49 on: February 02, 2004, 02:24:11 pm »
my new zaurus (from hsn, 5600 + camera for $260) has pxa255 also..  but i\'ve noticed a ton of sites are down/out of existence?  did the zaurus community take a hit or something?

sorry, i just got into the whole zaurus scene, i\'ve been a slackware user for years and the zaurus seemed neat

btw, anyone know where i can get the sharp rom from?  i cant find it on the cd :/
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« Reply #50 on: February 02, 2004, 04:49:58 pm »
The sharp site and the community site and forum that it hosted is down and in transition.  Nobody seems to know what will replace the old site.

Check the download section of this website for the sharp ROM.
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« Reply #51 on: February 02, 2004, 06:00:02 pm »
For official ROM downloads there is still http://www.myzaurus.com
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« Reply #52 on: February 03, 2004, 03:36:53 pm »
I\'m assuming that the following isnt the case? Lets say you want to try the openzaurus rom. You put it on, install software etc, and want to go back ... You are then running oz rom version x... Can you just reflash from below regardless as to what rom is on there already, or will it cause some problems?



This Zaurus OS and PC Software update can only be applied to the SL-5600 with ROM version 1.00. To check your Zaurus ROM version number, go into the “Settings tab” on your Zaurus and click on the “System Info” icon. Open the “Version” tab and scroll down to the bottom of the screen for the version number.
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« Reply #53 on: February 03, 2004, 09:46:03 pm »
What is the CPU bug you are talking about?  Is it really bad?  I have just ordered my 5600 from amazon and I still have time to cancel it before it ships.  Please let me know asap.

Also, do you think I should wait after 6000 come out and see if the prices go down for the lower models (or even shell out for the 6000)?
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« Reply #54 on: February 03, 2004, 10:40:17 pm »
Do a search on this topic and Tumnus, one of the extremely helpful frequent posters here. He frequently answers your q.   I have the \"defective\" pxa250 5600 and with helpful patches from here it rocks.  No crashes and much faster than when i bought it.  So don\'t worry.  The Z5600 right now is a fantastic deal
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« Reply #55 on: February 11, 2004, 12:44:18 pm »
FYI: I wouldn\'t trust too much in what it says on the box.  From my experience, they may have packaged the newer 5600\'s in the older boxes (they still probably had these floating about even after they started sending off the newer 5600 Zs) to save some moolah.  

I would recommeding installing opie-sysinfo (and the appropriate libraries to load opie progs), which\'ll provide the true processor of your Z.  To get to that info, simply click on System Info and on the CPU tab.  

Best and sure way to find out whether or not you inadvertantly bought yourself the crummier processor...
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« Reply #56 on: February 11, 2004, 01:43:19 pm »
are you saying that \"cat /proc/cpuinfo\" is not returning correct information?
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« Reply #57 on: February 11, 2004, 01:50:42 pm »
I guess we now know what the price point is to make the 5600 fly off the shelf.....   :roll:
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« Reply #58 on: February 11, 2004, 02:13:19 pm »
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are you saying that \"cat /proc/cpuinfo\" is not returning correct information?

cat /proc/cpuinfo will always return the right information.  (it comes straight from the Linux kernel)  Other applications may display the info in a prettier format.
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« Reply #59 on: February 11, 2004, 03:51:45 pm »
I can\'t believe the price has dropped another $10 on Amazon to $288!!!
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