I changed the subject here since the original seemed a bit irrelevant. Anyway congratulations Flint on the revival of your BN! I hope you have many years of good use out of it. I can't wait to receive my MPower BT 32. On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 01:11:41 -0600, "Flint Million" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hi all, > At long, LONG last, finally got my unit back and working. I really > wish they'd have stuck a note in there as to exactly what happened. > Looks like they just reflashed it; the stuff I had in flash is gone > (no issue, had it backed up). I wish there was a way I could reflash > on my own should something like this ever happen again... > > Anyways, back in business, and glad to be as such. > > Flint > > > On 10/17/06, Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Flint; > > Sorry you are having so much trouble with your new unit. It sounds to > > me like your best bet is to call HW for help. It should be covered by a > > one year warranty so I would get it in the shop. > > Good luck. > > Terry Powers > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Flint Million [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 10:21 PM > > To: Braillenote List > > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] completely DEAD bn! > > > > Keyboard lock is a possibility, and yeah... But after the resets it's > > completely dead. One handed mode might have indeed been the issue > > before, but now it responds to nothing at all. No beeps, no speech, > > and only braille for a brief second, and even that occurs only after a > > full service reset. I'm kind of upset seeing as how the unit is less > > than a month old and I did nothing unusual to it... :( I kind of have > > to think the firmware got corrupted somehow - can that be reflashed > > without a working system in any way? It has Keysoft 7.2 > > > > flint > > > > > > On 10/16/06, Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Flint; > > > How do you know if it is dead? Is it that it will not take a command? > > > If so, check and see if it is in one handed mode. When it is in this > > > mode, unless you know the right combinations for this mode, the > > machine > > > will act dead, just like you said. > > > When I ran into this problem, the first time, I almost panicked. > > > One handed mode on; hold down backspace while turning on machine > > > One handed mode off; hold down enter while turning on machine > > > > > > Terry Powers > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rhonda Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 9:30 AM > > > To: Braillenote List > > > Subject: re: [Braillenote] completely DEAD bn! > > > > > > Flint, try plugging it in. Turn it off, leave it that way for a > > > bit, and then power back on. See if that helps you. > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Flint Million" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To: [email protected] > > > >Date sent: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:16:27 -0500 > > > >Subject: [Braillenote] completely DEAD bn! > > > > > > >Wow, I just write in to talk about the SDK and my BN completely > > > dies! > > > > > > >It looks like it might end up going in, but I thought I'd post > > > here > > > >just to see if anyone else has seen this: > > > > > > >1. It powered on fine, spoke "Keyword, resuming edit of..." but > > > it > > > >would not respond to any keystrokes. Even the Menu key did > > > nothing. > > > >2. Powered unit off and back on. Same thing; it read the resuming > > > >message fine but no keys worked. > > > >3. Pressed Reset. Heard one beep. Braille display read "Starting > > > >keysoft" About three seconds later... death. > > > >4. No response from standard reset. > > > >5. No response from SDF reset. > > > >6. No response from JKL reset. > > > >7. Upon performing service reset, the display comes alive for > > > about > > > >two seconds and reads "starting keysoft" but then the unit again > > > dies. > > > > > > >So clearly it's not *completely* dead, but something's very > > > wrong. > > > >Haven't done anything odd lately, just using it in day-to-day > > > >wordprocessing and planning. > > > > > > >Is this unit terminally ill? > > > > > > >Flint > > > > > > >___ > > > >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > > >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > ___ > > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > ___ > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > Skype name chrishallsworth7266
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