Bricked IPAQ

> Hi,
> I have a h3970 iPaq that I think might be in a bricked state. It was left
> without charging for a couple of hours and when I got back to the iPaq the
> splash screen was on it. I tried doing a reset which didn't work and I
> couldn't boot linux again from HyperTerminal. Now the splash screen has gone
> and the iPaq seems dead. It has been charging for the past two days but it
> won't restart at all.
>
> Has anyone any ideas how I could bring it back to life??
>
> Thanks,
> Julie

Do you have a spare battery?

I've did something similar with a H5550. I got mine back to life by
using a second battery to boot it. Put it onto the cradle and make
sure its charging. The do

apm --suspend

Pop out the battery and put in the dead one making sure you do not
remove it from the cradle. Then leave it alone. I found that after
about 30 minutes it unsuspended itself and continued to charge the
battery.

        Andrew
Received on Tue Oct 5 12:28:52 2004