wongkar

My X3 has suddenly decided to quit for no reason. It will turn on with the initial screen with the Dell logo and stay there. It will not respond to any input (aside from soft/hard reset) and will not turn off. It started last friday when I turned it on and got an error message about memory being corrupt and needed a hard reset, which I did, and it worked fine after that. This morning again I needed to reset it before it will work. When I tried to turn it off in the afternoon it returned to the "Dell" screen and has been un-responsive ever since. It will respond to soft and hard reset but problem remains. I dissambled the unit and removed the main battery and the backup battery (which died a long time ago anyway). Even with AC power it is still frozen. Is it toast?

Jogga

Originally Posted by wongkar

Is it toast?

Not necessarily, but it is likely to be on its last legs. This happened to me a couple of years ago (hence I bought an X50) and, with nothing to loose, I played around with the unit to get it going again.

The exact route is still a mystery to me; however, I removed the battery for several hours (over night) and used the power cable to power the unit. I then hard reset the unit (without switching it on first) and then hard reset again (without hitting the confirm key after the first reset). Somehow this got the unit to work (before the X50 arrived!)

My X3 still works and is stable.

wongkar

Thank you for the response. Will give it a try.

Originally Posted by Jogga

Not necessarily, but it is likely to be on its last legs. This happened to me a couple of years ago (hence I bought an X50) and, with nothing to loose, I played around with the unit to get it going again. The exact route is still a mystery to me; however, I removed the battery for several hours (over night) and used the power cable to power the unit. I then hard reset the unit (without switching it on first) and then hard reset again (without hitting the confirm key after the first reset). Somehow this got the unit to work (before the X50 arrived!) My X3 still works and is stable.

wongkar

Unfortunately that did not work. The PDA is still frozen. Where can I
buy a motherboard at a reasonable price? Thanks.

Originally Posted by wongkar

Thank you for the response. Will give it a try.