RE: A83: virus


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RE: A83: virus




> I had a problem too with my TI-83+ crashing, in some, err, many
> cases, and not being able to turn it on.
> 
> I believe it had something to do with basecode 1.12, TI confirmed
> it, so using an old vti romdump I put base 1.10 on it again (no
> problems since)
> 
> 
> But that's not going to do much good it the calc is still offline..
> Someone in my class found a very crude solution, he fixed my calc
> by pressing sequentially (i.e. rubbing very fast with his finger
> on) the keys on the 4th row (math,apps,prgm,vars,clear).
> 
> After some time the calc somehow got online again.
> 
> (In my case of crash, you could remove the batteries, wait, and
> turn the calc on, but slowly more random black pixels appeared on
> the screen, and it would go off again by itself)
> 
> 
> Does anyone have a Professional fix, or a reason for this problem?
> 
> 
> 
> Peter Martijn
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------
> Chaos, like Windows, is just an alternative form of logic...
> 
> 
One of my friends had just the same type of crash and when he brought
the calculator to TI, they said that it's a problem because of the
production of calculator, not because of the user. They changed his
calculator with a new one with base 1.10. (The crashed calc had base
1.12)

Also about the professional fix. I didn't try this on the crashed
calc, but it should work. (At least, it works with other types of
crashes.) I think you know, in the guidebook, there's a way to make
the calculator on. You uninstall one of the batteries and hold clear
key while installing the battery again. After installing the battery,
you hold both clear and on keys and turn the calc on. Then do some
sort of reset (RAM or Arc, doesn't matter.)

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