RE: [iPAQ] Advice on possible brick

Green blinking LED indicates the bootldr is running. Try the sliding hard reset switch -- turn it off for awhile, then back on.

Jamey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Whalley [mailto:ben.whalley@ukpharmacists.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 2:41 PM
> To: ipaq@handhelds.org
> Subject: [iPAQ] Advice on possible brick
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I think I may have a brick on my hands, although it seems to
> have developed
> this problem in a manner that varies from the normal route!
>
> I installed bootloader-2.18.24 on it a couple of days ago along with
> task-bootstrap-2.4.16-rmk1-hh15.jffs2 onto my newly arrived
> second 3630 and
> proceeded to get on with creating a nice envoronment.
> Everything was working
> fine until I went to wake the iPAQ on returning home and
> putting it in the
> cradle.
>
> No response from the touchscreen, power button etc at all. I
> did a straight
> reset, a 'holding down the action button' reset etc. All
> these result in the
> iPAQ powering up, the 'power' LED blinking quickly (green)
> for a couple of
> seconds, then nothing. There's no CRL bootloader screen and
> nothing on the
> serial port (yes, I checked my serial port settings etc with
> my other iPAQ to
> make sure there was nothing dumb going on with my serial settings).
>
> I was wondering whether this might be a power issue rather
> than a brick as I
> know the bootldr was functioning properly after installation
> (and after a
> couple of hard resets too), any got any thoughts on this?
>
> Regards,
>
> Ben
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Received on Tue Mar 26 19:53:41 2002