Denys Beauchemin wrote:
> The only thing I know of the Jornada is that I wanted an iPAQ.

<snip iPAQ ad> 8^)

> As near as I can tell, your unit is defective, it has nothing to do with
> Pocket PC 2000 or 2002.  I would return it to HP for repair.

I agree - I have a 548 and it's never behaved like that. You may want to
post in alt.comp.sys.palmtops.hp and see if anyone else has something to
add. The blinking button is an HP-specific thing, so I believe Denys is right
that it's not an OS issue.

- Greg (ex Palm owner)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> John Korb
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 1:09 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: OT: HP Journada 540 problem
>
> 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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