[A83] Re: Need HELP Badly!!!

To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: [A83] Re: Need HELP Badly!!!
From: "D Weiss" <dwedit@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 19:23:37 -0600
Reply-To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org

Remove batteries and hold down CLEAR and ON while reinserting them.  This 
clears all ram and archive and makes it work again.


>From: "Nick Reichert" <discjammer@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
>To: assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org
>Subject: [A83] Need HELP Badly!!!
>Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 17:18:54 -0800
>
>Hey everyone,
>I have a BIG problem. I modified an asm factoring program I wrote, and sent
>it to my calc. When I ran it, it turned the calc off. It is an 83 PLUS. 
>When
>I turned it back on, it was still running. Then it turned the calc off. No
>matter how many times I tried, it always did the same thing. I took the
>batteries out during the two seconds it stayed on, but no ram reset. The
>program still ran. I even took out the backup, but no effect. So I called
>TI. They told me to take out ALL of the batteries, including the backup, 
>and
>leave the calc alone for 24 hours. Guess what? No effect! Well, actually,
>instead of saying
>Asm(ASMFACT)
>there are a bunch of random dots all over the screen. They are in the same
>places every time I turn the calc on. They also seem to be arranged in
>colums, like there was some invisible text. The calc still turns itself 
>off.
>I tried the battery pull again, but it does nothing. I know it is not my
>fault, because the only changes I made to the prog were the text displayed
>and removing an "inc a", which wouldn't have mattered until later in the
>program. It works fine in Virtual TI. I am guessing that there is a glich 
>in
>TI-OS. I have included the source, but compile at your own risk! It is
>$62.73 to fix it, so it is worth buying a new one and taking this one 
>apart.
>I am willing to try any solution (ie put a magnet next to the hard drive,
>but I don't know where that is), as I have nothing to lose! Thank you
>everyone!!!
>                      Sincerely,
>                      Nicholas Reichert
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