Re: Can't get the bootldr prompt - is it a brick

Try doing a hard reset while being plugged into the charger. Make sure
that the battery reload LED is blinking. The bootloader (or the OS
later) is responsible for charging the battery, so the system needs to
be turned on. If the battery is drained, reseting then connecting to
charger does nothing because the bootloader hasn't started.

If you were really low on power, that vibration might have drained the
little you had left (mechanical motions like that drain more power),
causing your next reset to do nothing.

Eberhard Hackl wrote:
> Hello, I need some help.
>
> I had a running familiar 0.7.2 linux on my hp h5550. I had no use of my ipaq
> for a view days, also the power wasn't plugged in (maybee only the bootldr
> was running!?!?).
>
> I did a reset to startup the system. The ipaq fibrate for a second and then
> nothing. No bootldr prompt, nothing. After a new reset the ipaq also doesn't
> fibrate. I tried to load the battery, but it doesn't help.
>
> What can I do, where can I get help?
>
> Ebi
>
>
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Received on Thu Jun 10 2004 - 11:27:43 EDT