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David H Wild - 23 Jul 2008 21:30 GMT

I have a Psion Series 7 in which the battery was allowed to go completely
empty - my fault, as I forgot about it. I have since recharged the battery
a couple of times and fitted a new back-up battery. When I switch on I get
a screen with the text

EPOC release 5
Copyright Symbian Ltd 1997-1999
Worldwide patents pending

If I touch one of the icons, or press a key I get a little beep, but
nothing else happens, except that pressing <Esc> switches the screen on and
<Fn><Esc> switches it off again. I did a hard reset; is there anything else
I can do?

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Damian Walker - 24 Jul 2008 05:55 GMT

Quoting David H Wild's message of Yesterday:

> If I touch one of the icons, or press a key I get a little beep, but
> nothing else happens, except that pressing <Esc> switches the screen on and
> <Fn><Esc> switches it off again. I did a hard reset; is there anything else
> I can do?

Has this machine been upgraded with a netBook personality module?

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David H Wild - 25 Jul 2008 09:23 GMT

In article
<Pine.LNX.4.64.0807240554390.15559@nero.devel.snigfarp.karoo.net>, Damian
Walker <damian@snigfarp.karoo.co.uk> wrote:

> > If I touch one of the icons, or press a key I get a little beep, but
> > nothing else happens, except that pressing <Esc> switches the screen
> > on and <Fn><Esc> switches it off again. I did a hard reset; is there
> > anything else I can do?

> Has this machine been upgraded with a netBook personality module?

No; it's exactly as I bought it. There's a couple of memory cards in it,
but they were there when it was last used.

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Damian Walker - 28 Jul 2008 22:04 GMT

Quoting David H Wild's message of Friday:

>> Has this machine been upgraded with a netBook personality module?
>
> No; it's exactly as I bought it. There's a couple of memory cards in it,
> but they were there when it was last used.

Sorry, with this my experience ends! In the absence of further answers:
perhaps it's a problem with the ROM? If the ROM module doesn't need
re-seating then maybe replacing it (perhaps with a personality module,
probably cheaper than a Series 7 repair) might help. If it doesn't, and
you have to get the 7 repaired, the personality module wouldn't be a
wasted purchase.

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Richard van Stappershoef - 24 Jul 2008 06:21 GMT

Hi David,

When starting the Psion7 for the first time, it has to load its OS-image
from the CF-card first. This takes a little time, during which it shows a
static screen with the text you're stating. Just be a little more patient.
If you haven't the CF-card or it's OS is missing the Psion 7 won't boot.

Regards,

Richard

>I have a Psion Series 7 in which the battery was allowed to go completely
> empty - my fault, as I forgot about it. I have since recharged the battery
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> else
> I can do?

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David H Wild - 24 Jul 2008 09:35 GMT

> When starting the Psion7 for the first time, it has to load its OS-image
> from the CF-card first. This takes a little time, during which it shows
> a static screen with the text you're stating. Just be a little more
> patient. If you haven't the CF-card or it's OS is missing the Psion 7
> won't boot.

What you are describing is the NetBook, not the series 7 which has its OS
in ROM just like the series 5.

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