maemo.org - Talk - newbie n800 - appears dead to me

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Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite (Post 81807)

I can't turn the damn thing on :mad:

It's a new machine - I charged it up - it initially showed charging but then seemed to crash (screen had odd characters etc zooming up it). I left it charging for 3 hours and then tried the on button.

At first it did nothing - after a number of reboots (taking battery out) it made a welcome sound (short tune) but the screen would not come on. I seem to get the cursor button light up blue for a moment when I first hold the button then after about 4 seconds I get the sound. If I press the button later I get a sort of beep sound. The screen has never shown anything - no maemo etc.

Is it a dud? should I press something else. I've had the battery out for a minute at a time before retrying. I've tried with power lead attached and without, with SD card in and out. Nothing.

This is almost exactly what happened to me! My brand new, out of the box tablet worked - once! For about 5 minutes. From that point on, it did exactly what Mike said here. I've returned it as doa. Hope the replacement works. It sounds like this is a common problem......

Oh, and I work with computers for a living, too..... :D