News About My C3000

[Meanie]

My C3000 just died

I plugged in a USB mini B cable to transfer files to my laptop and boom, it turned off and I could smell something burnt. The usb port smells awfully burnt and the Z is completely dead. No lights, nothing.

sigh

[euroclie]

Baaaad news, indeed!  

I guess it wasn't the first time you'd connect it to your laptop... Any idea about what happened? Is your laptop OK? Was your cable somehow damaged (short circuit?) before or after the incident?

It raises another subject: how to get it fixed... where/how did you purchase it? Directly in Japan or via a local importer?

Anyway, I wish you good luck, this kind of situation isn't funny at all, and is usually costly as well.

[chyang]

Too bad!
Comfort Meanie. Hope it would be fixed soon.
Any Japan friends here can help you?

[xfaethorx]

that sucks major donkey dick! Especially because I've used your site to pretty much get to gribs with the Zaurus! Hope you manage to get it working again , if not stick a paypal dontations link up on your site I'm sure people would contribute to your site seeing as its loaded with useful info on Zaurus stuff...might be able to get some money for a new one . Either that or get Sharp to send you a freebie for supporting their device so well!  

Free Zaurus for Meanie anyone ?

[Jacknife]

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Sorry to hear the bad news.  But it sounds like there had to be some kind of defect either on the Zaurus or the laptop's USB port.   If it was a bad/failed circuit on the Zaurus that was the issue, you should be able to get it repaired/replaced.  Anyway, I wish you the best of luck.  Keep us updated.

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Unfortuantely I'm broke right now, but I may be able to scrape together $5 for the fund.

[Cresho]

hell ill throw in some money

[offroadgeek]

meanie - any idea yet if you'll be able to send it in for warranty repair/replacement?  who did you buy your 3000 from?  I had a screen problem with my 760 once and I just sent it to dynamism (where I bought it) and they took care of fixing it.

If you end up having to replace your Z yourself, I'd be happy to help donate as well.

Keep us posted!

[martinbogo]

I did the same thing to my first 3100 from Dynamism... Turns out that there are some badly made USB mini-A cables, that connect power to the data pins ... and having 5V at 500mA is BAD for the Z.  So, anyway, dynamism did the "send to japan" repair, and it came back after two weeks good as new.  

It's a known problem, especially if you bought an iRiver cable to do mini-A host, and a scary one since it blows both the laptop AND the Z's USB port, if not the entire motherboard.

Go fig.

[inode0]

I did the same thing to my first 3100 from Dynamism... Turns out that there are some badly made USB mini-A cables, that connect power to the data pins ... and having 5V at 500mA is BAD for the Z.  So, anyway, dynamism did the "send to japan" repair, and it came back after two weeks good as new.   

It's a known problem, especially if you bought an iRiver cable to do mini-A host, and a scary one since it blows both the laptop AND the Z's USB port, if not the entire motherboard.

Well, that is scary. I use an iRiver cable on my 6k all the time but now I'm pretty nervous about it!
Is this known problem documented here someplace? Or anywhere? Should the iRiver cables be tossed?

Cute LIbretto too meanie ... we seem to have a few things in common gadgetwise.

John

[ZDevil]

Oh, that's too bad!  Sorry to hear this...

Hope your 3000 still has warranty (your signature says it's just half an year old).  If not, maybe the importers can offer some help to get it fixed.  

Anyways there will be a solution and things will be fine.  

[bam]

hell ill throw in some money
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count me in too, if it wasnt for his site, I'd be pulling my hair out...still

if they wont repair it or he doesnt feel the need to repair but replace it, you got a buyer already

edit: unrecoverable hdd1 error, i fsck it and alls ok then during boot hdd1 error, tried factory and nand restores, no-go, i think it was a bad idea to have 2 restore partitions on the disk....damn back to the factory it goes, damn!

[chiark]

Eek!  That's awful!  Should the USB cable issue be a sticky in the forums, as this is a horrible death for a machine to suffer?

Hope you get it sorted.  Truly sad to see something like this happen, especially to someone who is so much help to the community.

[samxiao]

isn't there an original USB cable comes with it?
my C1000 does

[Meanie]

Thanks everyone for your moral support. I really felt bad about it all. It happened so quickly and unexpectantly that I could hardly believe that my Z was dead. However, I am going to send the Z back to Japan and my friend over there who originally bought it for me will try to get it serviced on warranty. Hopefully she will be able to get it repaired/replaced for me. If things don't work out, I might get a C3100 as a replacement.

Anyway, let this be a warning. Be careful what cables you stick into the usb port. Most cables are fine but if you are unlucky, it can fry your Z.

Again, thanks for your heart felt support. For all those who offered to give donations, I sincerely thank you for the nice gesture, but I will be fine. If you want to help, I would appreciate it if you would make donations to the Cacko project instead.

Well, I got bored already without the Z, so I ordered myself an OQO  Yay, WindowsXP in my palms!

[bluedevils]

I wonder if the 6000 usb setup is different from the the clamshell's.  I've never heard of a 6000 blowing up due to the iriver USB adapter.  It is a good thing that most of the importers supply the cable.