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CoreyJF
08-01-2003, 07:48 PM
I can't seem to use my auto charger I had for my old 3800 series with my 5400 series. I put on the 5400 adapter and it does not register charging. I don't think there is anything wrong with the car charger. I even plugged in my old compaq aero and it chrges with no problems. Have they changed the voltage and or amps on the 5400 series?
yeche
08-01-2003, 07:57 PM
Please try a couple of soft reset
It solve the problem for me
Chris Spera
08-01-2003, 08:13 PM
The connectors for the 38/3900 will work and charge your 5400. I have the same setup and legacy equipment, so I know it works.

Have you upgraded to the 1.11.19 ROM? If not, the you should. It has a number of memory optimizations that may resolve the problem that you're seeing; which could very well be a resource issue.

If the soft resets don't work, and you haven't upgraded your ROM, upgrade to the PPC 2002 1.11.19 ROM and let us know how things go.


Kind Regards,


Christopher Spera
CoreyJF
08-03-2003, 01:44 AM
I tried all of that. It might be the adpater. It was part of a kit. You could use it with one of the chemical packs or the auto charger. It has also been sitting in my trunk for a while. Not sure why it powered up the old aero though. I had tried it with each rom update intially thinking it was that. It is also my second 5455 ( screen dies after 3 weeks on first one) the old one didn't work with that charger either.
austingeog
08-09-2003, 07:22 PM
I went to hp.com and they had a car adapter listed as working with iPAQ 1900, 2200, 3600, 3700, 3800, 3900, 5400, and 5500 series. But it was a bit pricey and I know because the 2200 is still so new a lot of third party people offering adapters don't list the 2200 yet.
CoreyJF
08-09-2003, 07:52 PM
There must have been something wrong with my old adapter. I bought a new one and it works fine. Not sure why it could power my old aero, but none the less, this new adpator works fine
madbart
08-10-2003, 01:25 AM
I had problems with my charger that i used with 38xx and now charging with my 54xx.

What i had to do to get it working was to enable USB charging and then it worked fine.