Re: Starting H5000 series without battery

Hi Milan
Have you tried asking people form the thanks section at
http://www.gert-menke.de/jtag-howto/ directly ? Or maybe Gert Menke,
the author of the page ?

On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 10:04 PM, Milan Plzik <milan.plzik_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> few weeks ago I tried to boot one h5550 without battery, following
> guides on internet (hold the microswitch which is normally pushed by
> battery, interconnected pins 1 and 2 and applied, GND to pin 2 and VCC
> to pin 5), but the ipaq didn't boot; I wasn't even able to use JTAG. The
> final resolution was that I had to lay battery freely on the pins (so
> home-made JTAG connector was still accessible), hold microswitch on the
> battery and on the board pressed.
>
> After this magic, ipaq started to boot and I was able to use JTAG. I
> noticed that when microswitch battery is pressed, something happens on
> PS# pad on the battery. Any idea what exactly is neccessary to bring
> h5000 ipaq to live without battery?
>
> Milan
>
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Best regards
Michal Panczyk