QUESTION:
Does anyone know how to (other than a reset and scorched earth full
reinstall) to get the blasted blinking button at the top of the Journada
540 to return to normal operation (stays off unless there is an alarm, then
blinks for 5 minutes or until button is held for 3 seconds)?

BACKGROUND:
I've had an HP Journada 540 for about 15 months now.  The hardware has been
great.  The operating system/software has been a problem.  I've never added
or deleted any software.  I've run it straight out of the box.  It took
only 11 days for the "Today" screen to decide to, after password
acceptance, display "today" and the date, with the remains of the keypad
used for password entry still visible, but no tasks, calendar, etc.
visible.  Changing the checkboxes in Settings/Today has no effect on what
is displayed.  I've lived with that for over a year as HP told me I'd need
to do a reset and reinstall from scorched earth.  Somehow a reinstall after
only 11 days seemed like a bod omen.

<snip descriptions of other software problems>

DETAIL ON MOST RECENT PROBLEM:
There is a little button at the top of the unit that blinks when you have
an appointment, glows orange when the unit is charging, glows green with
the unit is charged, and should be off most of the time.

It isn't.

First it decided to blink 24 hours a day.  First it blinked orange all the
time.  After 3 days it changed to blinking green when the unit was powered
off, and orange when powered on (display active).  After 4 more days it
entered an mew mode - alarming every 30 minutes, morning, noon, and night,
making that annoying alarm sound.  That behavior gained it some
"environmental testing" - spending about two days and nights (when the
temperature was in the 40's during the day and 20's at night) in my
vehicle's glove compartment (where it was outside the house and I couldn't
hear it alarm all night).  For some unexplained reason that behavior lasted
just short of two days at which time it entered the current mode.

Currently it is quiet and doesn't blink when powered off, but blinks all
the time when powered on.  I've tried disabling alarms, but that doesn't
seem to have any effect on it.  While its current mode isn't as annoying as
previous modes, it is still a RPITA.

Any help will be appreciated.

John (a future Palm owner)

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