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« on: February 03, 2004, 03:30:24 am »
This morning, I\'ve done a hard reset on my SL5600 and the green mail light is flashing constantly. If I plug the power then the orange led is flashing as well...

I don\'t know what happen... :-(   what should I do?
Ive done a search on the forum and I can\'t find anything about it.
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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2004, 03:37:29 am »
I\'ve done a D+M + reset and I\'ve got a service menu. I\'ve never used it so what should I do now?
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2004, 05:49:08 am »
When I\'ve tried to do a \"CF update\" (I\'ve stored the default 1.32 sharp rom files) then I get:

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CF Update



   ---- Found orders -----

Error!!!


I\'ve done a \"NAND Flash Back Up\" and that succeeded. But when I\'ve tried to do a restore then it can\'t find the SYST5600.DBK on my CF card.

I\'ve tried 2 differents CF card and same issue.


So how can I un-brick my Z? :-(
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« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2004, 07:21:51 am »
I think that you must get an old NAND backup, and do a restore from this backup. The problem is How put a DBK file in your CF whitout the Zaurus. May be a CF writer?
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« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2004, 07:30:40 am »
Remove CF and SD cards. Remove the battery. Connect to AC adapter power supply without the battery. Do a hard reset. Replace battery. Do a soft reset. Insert CF card. See if now you can read from the CF card.
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« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2004, 07:44:42 am »
aplanas -] I\'ve got a CF writer... where can I get NAND backup for the SL-5600?

oreo -] I\'ve tryied your procedure, nothing...  (how do you do a soft reset due to the Z is bricked?)
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« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2004, 08:01:26 am »
I think oreo was referring to the reset button below the battery inside the battery compartment.

I presume you have tried the Format option from the Maintenance menu?

Does a NAND restore also overwrite the hidden Flash ROM partition that contains the bootloader and flash software?

It might be a CF slot hardware problem. Have you got a SD card you could try all of this with? At least that would confirm whether or not it is a CF slot problem.
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« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2004, 08:11:24 am »
tummus -] I can\'t access the \"maintenance menu\", I can only access the \"service menu\".

so if oreo was talking about the reset button next to the battery as a \"soft reset\". how do you do a hard reset?

I\'ve got an SD card but I haven\'t got enough space on it and it\'s an ext2 type. and I haven\'t a SD writer...

I can do a NAND backup so to write to my CF card it\'s ok. so do you think the read mechanism is broken?
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« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2004, 08:26:12 am »
I\'ve done a NAND backup from a collegue. but my Z doesn\'t find the backup file during the NAND restore.

Did I f***up my Z? :-(
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« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2004, 08:40:14 am »
I\'ve copied the backup file to my SD card using my collegue Z. I get the same thing...

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NAND Restore from SD

 

file SYST5600.DBK

not exist file

is it matter my SD card is an ext2 type?
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« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2004, 09:44:57 am »
I\'ve found a \"diag menu\" with D+P. it\'s similar from the \"service menu\" but with a lot more options.

I\'ve tried the NAND restore (page 4) and I get the same thing (can\'t find the file)

There is a \"NAND User Data Erase\", should I try that? ;-)

and there is a \"NAND Flash Erase\"...


I\'ve tried the \"Compact Flash\" test (page 2) and it give me lot of \"NG:\" lines. is it valid?

The \"CF CARD Write\" test (page 3) gives me -] \"no free sector(-1)\"
The \"CF CARD Read\" test (page 3) gives me -] \"Sector not found!\"
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« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2004, 09:57:08 am »
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so if oreo was talking about the reset button next to the battery as a \"soft reset\". how do you do a hard reset?
I guess the definition of soft on hard reset is a bit confusing on the 5600. I would say a hard reset is the \'Format\' option on the Maintenance menu after leaving the battery cover switch in the \'Replace Battery\' position for at least 10 seconds as that in theory restores your Z to the factory state since the 5600 keeps /home even after a a flash as you know.

So it doesn\'t do a thing when you try the usual OK+On for the Maintenance menu? I\'m guessing in all this, you\'ve had the battery cover switch in the \'Replace Battery\' position for more than 10 seconds at a time.

I don\'t know if the 5600 needs FAT16 or not like the 5500. All my cards are FAT16 anyway.
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« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2004, 10:32:00 am »
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ehehehe !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I\'ve re-formated my SD card to vfat and copy the backup file to it.

The backup option stores the file in lowercase!!! and expect to read it in uppercase!!!

cool I\'m back! :-) :-)


I\'ve no idea why this happen in the first place...
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« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2004, 01:01:52 pm »
Ohhh... great!

It\'s extrange. I can\'t restore my NAND backup from my CF. The message is the same \"file not found\". I put the name in uppercase and in lowercase and I get the same result
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« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2004, 01:19:20 pm »
.... don\'t touch the NAND write test ..... .... .... ohhhhhh

Now I need restore THIS backup!!!
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