Loose lock button

classe maggie · 10-14-05, 11:52 AM

Hi there,

Only had my 51v for a couple days. two things I just noticed as I pulled it out to play with it for a sec after a couple days hiatus due to work. One, the lock button is loose, and if I shake the axim, it moves and makes a clilcking sound. is this normal? Second, it was fully charged only two days ago, and I locked it, but today it totally lost it's charge and wouldn't turn on till I put it in the cradle. I thought that if I locked it, the battery would last much longer than two days. I think my previous toshiba went for longer than that. Any thoughts appreciated.

JakeRich · 10-14-05, 12:01 PM

Loose is normal. Locking only prevents accidental activation by button pushing, has nothing directly to do with the battery life.

Rsaturn9 · 10-14-05, 12:10 PM

Interesting, I thought the New x51 model, when turned off (is really off) to conserve Battery Life?

four86 · 10-14-05, 12:12 PM

Yeah, whatsup with that locking tab. I love to shake my Axim, but that clicking has to stop.

10-14-05, 03:08 PM

Last I heard just about everyones rattles. Mine does.

psionandy · 10-14-05, 03:09 PM

shake, rattle and roll... that's what the all do as far as i know

four86 · 10-14-05, 03:14 PM

What about that little notch above the lock switch. Whats that for?

**Frenchy** · 10-14-05, 03:18 PM

Mine is a rattler too...

You kinda get used to it.

classe maggie · 10-14-05, 03:30 PM

Thanks alot ladies and gentlemen,

When I first received it I guess I was having way too much fun to notice something like that. As for the notch, I'm guessing that's for a lanyard.

Rsaturn9 · 10-14-05, 03:37 PM

I am still wondering why your x51 Axim battery drained when not in use, I thought that was part of the WM5 upgrade, Off is really Off

**Frenchy** · 10-14-05, 03:43 PM

four86 · 10-14-05, 03:51 PM

^ Looks like someone is enjoying Google Image Search :)

classe maggie · 10-14-05, 03:57 PM

rsaturn9,

I'm also puzzled as well. I thought that you could turn it completely off, so that there would be no use of electricity to keep the os running in the ram since it's in the rom. I know that batteries lose their charge by virtue of the fact that they're just sitting around doing nothing, but I did not expect them to run dry that fast.

Rsaturn9 · 10-14-05, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by classe maggie

rsaturn9,

I'm also puzzled as well. I thought that you could turn it completely off, so that there would be no use of electricity to keep the os running in the ram since it's in the rom. I know that batteries lose their charge by virtue of the fact that they're just sitting around doing nothing, but I did not expect them to run dry that fast.

That's the same impression I had heard about the X51

JakeRich · 10-14-05, 04:34 PM

Did you REALLY turn it off? The on/off button on the X50 series has two functions, at least it did on the 50's. A quick press is on/off, a longer press is bright/dim. Is it possible you just dimmed the screen and didn't really turn it off?