[bksvol-discuss] Re: Pacmate Help Desperately Needed
- From: "Lora" <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:54:00 -0700
Hi,
Thanks for all the advice.
I did as you suggested, and plugged the Pacmate into the wall to see if it
was a power problem. It shouldn't have been, as it was fully charged when I
left the house yesterday morning. No luck. It sits there dead as a
doornail.
So I ensured that everything was detached, from the memory card to the
Braille display.
I think I found the reset button. To the left of the center left pad are
actually two tiny little holes. The uppermost of these two holes had
something inside it that gave a little when I used a tiny screwdriver to
press it.
I tried pressing it for just a second or two, and then I tried holding it
down, all to no avail. The Pacmate remains obstinately dead.
So, I wonder if I found the right hole? Anything else to try?
Of course, this morning I will call Freedom Scientific, and if they can't
help me, I imagine I'll send it in for repairs. I'll miss it. Although I
only use it as a reading machine and occasionally as a notetaker, I do use
it very frequently.
Thanks for all the help.
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie McBride
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 6:34 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pacmate Help Desperately Needed
Laura, 1 other thing. Remove all peripherals from your packmate, e.g., USB
drives, sticks, sd cards, any hardware plugged in such as your braille
display. plug in the AC adapter, then try turning it on, e.g., make certain
this is not a power problem. If u know your battery's charged & u suspect
an AC adapter problem, try it the other way round.
That cold reset's gonna kill everything, I'm sure u already know that, let's
try those measures b4 resorting to the "big weeny".
On 12/17/07, Lora <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> OK, but I'm not sure what to tell you. No new software whatsoever. I
> think I have Pacmate 4.1, but I can't check. I know I haven't done an
> update in more than a year, as I basically use this as a reading machine.
>
> And it's a Pacmate with a 20-cell Braille display.
>
> I bought it about 18 months ago, I think.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie
> McBride
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 5:36 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pacmate Help Desperately Needed
>
> Laura, as w/all help requests, if any1 is to help u, we need to know
> what version of packmate you're running, as there are several. We also
> need to know if you've installed any software on it recently, etc.
>
> On 12/17/07, Lora <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > My Pacmate crashed today. I was reading a Word file and it locked up.
> > I was able to warm boot and get back into the file, but then the
> > Pacmate crashed again, and will not turn back on.
> >
> > I assume it might need a cold boot, but I don't know where the
> > button is to do this.
> >
> > I have no vision whatsoever, so if someone can give me good
> > directions to find it, I'd be indebted. I have a Braille display on
> > the Pacmate, and I think that I need to detach it from the main
> > Pacmate in order to find the button. That's no problem, I just
> > don't see a likely button-like thing. I desperately need this for work
tomorrow.
> >
> > And any other advice for recovering the Pacmate would be appreciated.
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Lora
> >
> >
> >
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