Dead iPaq...

[rsmithline]

I ran my battery to death on my 5400 and my Ipaq kinda died. After the screen pixilized, the white HP iPaq sceen came up (with the backlight on) and I can't get rid of it. A soft reset does not help and hitting the screen does nothing. A hard reset brought the smaller HP iPaq image up but after waiting 60 seconds and doing the soft reset to follow, the original white screen came up. I now have the battery out and I am letting it rest over night to try again, but meanwhile does anyone have any ideas?

R

[Trimac20]

That doesn't sound very good at all. Not being an expert on it, I would probably just get a brand new ipaq! ;-). But seriously, did you try running the ipaq with a full battery and doing a hard-reset? Try that and see if anything is wrong. If that does not help, I would assume it is something wrong with the LCD display and the power connectors and MAY require expensive repairs. But maybe others can help you out on this one.

[ctmagnus]

I'd leave it charging overnight. It may require a certain minimum charge to function after a situation like this.

[rsmithline]

My resonably new (but out of warranty) PDA can't just be dead can it?

After letting the battery run out over night I put it in its cradle and boom, whie screen with no reaction to touching the screen.

I am now going to try the full charge recommendation but I am not optimistic. (the charge light does not come when the PDA is docked :? ).

Any other ideas before my PDA hits the bin? :(

R

[JustinGTP]

You say that the light charge does not come on, is there a power cord connected to your cradle?

If there is, maybe your cradle is broken and not giving it a charge. This happens occasionaly, so unplug the power cord and use the serial adapter and plug it into the iPaq.

This may not be the case, but an idea never hurts :)

Justin.

[dh]

You say that the light charge does not come on, is there a power cord connected to your cradle?
I once had a case where my cellphone was plugged into a charger which had a power cable into the wall and it still went dead. I thought the phone and/or charger was broken and was getting ready to take it back to the Sprint Store.

Turns out that a light switch turned off the power to that wall outlet, which of couse was in the wrong position. Duh!

Luckily I found out before taking the perfectly good phone back to the store. :i got it:

[rsmithline]

Charge light never came on but it is now charged....still nada. Staring at the white screen of death.

It's dead, isn't it?
:helpme:
R

[omikron.sk]

You should try to contact HP anyway. Their technical support worked great for me.