Re: A86: Re: Big trouble --- need serious help (caps removed for viewin
[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]
Re: A86: Re: Big trouble --- need serious help (caps removed for viewing plea...
not to be too nitpicky or anything, but they're AAA batteries.
In a message dated 4/10/99 8:03:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
andycool1@hotmail.com writes:
> I assumed someone would tell him this, but as of this e-mail, no one
> has. When your calc crashes, first just try removing on battery
> briefly, and putting it back in. If it comes back on, you may have
> spared the memory. If that didn't work, remove all the AA batteries,
> hold [ON] for about 10 seconds, and put the batteries back in. If
> that still didn't take care of the problem, you better have a
> precision screwdriver kit handy. Take out all AA batteries, unscrew
> the screw over the lithium battery cover and remove it. Now comes the
> fun part: let it sit for about 1 hour. Now, replace all batteries and
> it should be working. If not, possible causes are: dead batteries,
> contrast too low, something internal broken, or it simply didn't
> reset. As a last resort, remove all batteries overnight and hope for
> the best. Sometimes, it will take this to get it up and running. If
> nothing yet, return it to K-mart, Wal Mart, or wherever you got it,
> and get a new one rather than deal with TI for hours.