Is this 5555 dead?

[Shacky]

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I can't get my 5555 to start up. All I get when I do a hard reset is
a bright screen flash along with and quick flash of the indicator
lights.

I decided to plug in the battery charger and leave it for a while to
see if that was it. The charging light on the Ipaq never flashed and
after a half and hour I took it off the charger and the battery was
HOT (it made the rest of the unit hot too, of course.)

I don't know where to go from here. If I can't get it going is there
someplace I can send it in to, or is HP the only choice there?

It's not in warranty.

Thanks,

Scott

 

[Guest]

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Have you tried a Hard Reset? I've seen this happen when I loaded a vpn
client on once. To do a hard reset hold the outter buttons (calendar &
iTask) while pressing the reset button on the bottom. Be warned that you
will loose all data unless it's in the ipaq file store or on a memory card
(sd,cf, etc)

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"Shacky" <scott@shackleton.net> wrote in message
news:45aa1ad6.0410011718.4bc675c5@posting.google.com...
>I can't get my 5555 to start up. All I get when I do a hard reset is
> a bright screen flash along with and quick flash of the indicator
> lights.
>
> I decided to plug in the battery charger and leave it for a while to
> see if that was it. The charging light on the Ipaq never flashed and
> after a half and hour I took it off the charger and the battery was
> HOT (it made the rest of the unit hot too, of course.)
>
> I don't know where to go from here. If I can't get it going is there
> someplace I can send it in to, or is HP the only choice there?
>
> It's not in warranty.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott

 

[Guest]

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Have you tried to remove the battery for 10 to 15 seconds, replace it and
then turn the device on?

Craig Enders


"Shacky" <scott@shackleton.net> wrote in message
news:45aa1ad6.0410011718.4bc675c5@posting.google.com...
> I can't get my 5555 to start up. All I get when I do a hard reset is
> a bright screen flash along with and quick flash of the indicator
> lights.
>
> I decided to plug in the battery charger and leave it for a while to
> see if that was it. The charging light on the Ipaq never flashed and
> after a half and hour I took it off the charger and the battery was
> HOT (it made the rest of the unit hot too, of course.)
>
> I don't know where to go from here. If I can't get it going is there
> someplace I can send it in to, or is HP the only choice there?
>
> It's not in warranty.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott

 

[Shacky]

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I have tried multiple hard resets. All I get is a flash of the screen
and indicator lights. I have tried it in various combinations of
removing and replacing the battery etc.

 

[Guest]

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Sounds like you will have to contact HP support and have them take a look at
it.

--
Eric Hicks [That_Kid] (MS-MVP Mobile Devices)

The MS-MVP Program - http/mvp.support.microsoft.com
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights...



"Shacky" <scott@shackleton.net> wrote in message
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>I have tried multiple hard resets. All I get is a flash of the screen
> and indicator lights. I have tried it in various combinations of
> removing and replacing the battery etc.

 

[Shacky]

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I think something similar happened once and I called HP. They had me
do something like hold all the buttons for a hard reset for a long
time and then put it in the cradle. Something like that....

Anyone know of a "super combination" that will get a frozen Ipaq to
recover?

Also, is there any place to send a problem Ipaq other than HP?

 

[Guest]

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Had this exact same thing with a 5450 and returned it to HP under warranty.
They replaced the mainboard.

mk38

"Shacky" <scott@shackleton.net> wrote in message
news:45aa1ad6.0410020514.445e78f8@posting.google.com...
> I have tried multiple hard resets. All I get is a flash of the screen
> and indicator lights. I have tried it in various combinations of
> removing and replacing the battery etc.

 

[anto]

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It seem like for me when I have the battery of 5555 very low .. (=0) I
have to recharge it connecting a battery of 12 volt to battery's HP
poles...then I succeded in recharge it again and it works..
"mk38" <mk38shooter@NOSPAMhotmail.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
news:cjn1dg$3o3$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Had this exact same thing with a 5450 and returned it to HP under
warranty.
> They replaced the mainboard.
>
> mk38
>
> "Shacky" <scott@shackleton.net> wrote in message
> news:45aa1ad6.0410020514.445e78f8@posting.google.com...
> > I have tried multiple hard resets. All I get is a flash of the screen
> > and indicator lights. I have tried it in various combinations of
> > removing and replacing the battery etc.
>
>

 

[Guest]

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scott@shackleton.net (Shacky) wrote in
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> Also, is there any place to send a problem Ipaq other than HP?
>


Http/www.ipaqrepair.com would be the one you're looking for, I think.



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[Shacky]

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I tried calling ipaqrepair about 10 times in the last couple of days
and only get an answering machine. I sent an email and got no
response. I gave up and am sending it in to HP.