Re: A82: Dr. Mario Update + dead calc


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Re: A82: Dr. Mario Update + dead calc




I might be able to get you a new one for about 40 bucks (barely opened) I know
someone that was selling it at a Hamfest a year or 2 ago so I do not know if they
still have it. :-( hope I can talk to him soon!

ADAMMAN106 wrote:

> 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



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