Re: A86: Re: Big trouble --- need serious help (caps removed for viewin


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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.