[NTLK] MP 2100 & 2000 dead - trying to fire up

[Forrest]

Have you tried depriving it of all power?

Yes, I know that’s pretty much the condition both have been in. But one of the strange qualities of the Newton/eMate is its power management. Oftentimes when attempting a restart after a period of inactivity the device refuses to start up. I’m not sure how long you’ve had the power supply connected (batteries only? AC adapter?), but remove ALL POWER and leave it undisturbed for a while, then reconnect power again. How long “a while” is depends on the machine, but anywhere from 15 minutes to overnight, although it’s usually pretty quick. Usually it will start right up with no interaction from you, although sometimes you’ll need to try the reset button or actually turning it on.

I know this seems to defy logic, but it does work.

Mahalo,
Forrest

Sent from my T-Mobile iPhone 6S Plus

> On Mar 10, 2018, at 4:27 AM, Kate Case <kate.case at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Yes I tried that...nothing... think it might be the contacts on the battery pack....or something to do with the power supply. I don’t have a mains lead unfortunately so I’m sorta stuck...unless I pull the thing apart which I’m reluctant to do. Damn 
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>> On 10 Mar 2018, at 8:31 pm, B Dudney <kosmicdollop at saber.net> wrote:
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>> Did you keep steadily pushing in reset button for like a minute or two? = hard reset. If it chimes, you can let go = restarting.
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>> B
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>>> On 9 Mar 2018, at 23:59, Kate Case <kate.case at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Yes, tried that...it’s so long since I’ve had them on, I can’t actually remember the way you’re supposed to do that...but tried all the options I can think of. Holding down power switch with reset button, changed order around etc etc. 
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>>>> On 10 Mar 2018, at 6:32 pm, Chris Chapman <chrisc30 at me.com> wrote:
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>>>> Have you tried the reset button on the back?
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>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>>> On Mar 9, 2018, at 11:27 PM, Kate Case <kate.case at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>>> Hi everyone, I’ve got both a MP 2100 & 2000 which I’m trying to get going again. I have a battery pack and have put new batteries in it, can’t get either machine to turn on. I’ve had them for years and the 2100 used to work perfectly (the 2000 was always a bit problematic, I bought it because it had a really good screen and my plan was eventually to swap them). Anyway, anyone have a clue what I might try to get them to turn on? Not getting anything on the screen at all. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Kate 
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