Re: A82: Dr. Mario Update + dead calc
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Re: A82: Dr. Mario Update + dead calc
>Well, folks, I am sorry to say that Dr. Mario has been stalled indefinitely
>until I can get a new calc. I have no idea what happened but hey, the calc is
>5 years old! It worked just fine early yesterday, though the batteries were
>very low (I think this might be the cause of the problem). It seems to be a
>hardware problem which is odd, considering it has suffered no severe blows
>lately. It also seems that the slightest movement will cause the RAM to freak
>out and weird errors to happen on the calc. When I run the selftest, if I hit
>the calc on something (or simply run something along the back of it where the
>stand-out text is) the calc will display "RAM FAIL" in the middle of the
>screen. This happens during the never-ending countup (which, btw, does end, I
>tested it by leaving the calc on all last night :-) ).
>This is very strange, and I have _NO IDEA_ what is wrong with my calc. I have
>yet to contact TI. I will do this, though, even though the calc is about 4
>years out of warranty :-).
>If _ANYONE_ has a clue why this is happening, PLEASE let me know. I might
>also add that this happened when I changed the batteries, right after it
>crashed from Dr. Mario (it happens often).
>I greatly appreciate any help!
>
>~Adamman
>
That sucks. Maybe try taking all of the batteries out including the little one
for a couple hours. It works when my calc was screwed up.
Sam
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