re:PalmPilot Battery Problem

[David Weatherford <david.weatherford@Eng>]

Lou,

I also have a Personal with the 2M upgrade and have never had this
problem.  Your capacitor must be shot.  Call 3Com.

Dave Weatherford

#Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 13:53 -0400 (EDT)
#From: Peter Meyer <pmeyer@xxxxxxxxx>
#Subject: re:PalmPilot Battery Problem
#To: lou@Central
#Cc: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
#
#In message "PalmPilot Battery Problem", lou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
#
#Lou, 
#
#Gut instinct suggests that your new memory consumes more power than your
#previous 512k.  It may draw sufficient power to deplete any stored 
#energy in a shorter time than the 1 minute grace period.  
#
#Peter Meyer
#
#=> I have a perplexing problem. Everytime I change my 
#=> Pilot's batteries, I lose all my data.
#=> 
#=> The owner's manual says I have a minute to install fresh 
#=> batteries while the built-in power source stores the data
#=> in memory, but this doesn't seem to work on my PalmPilot Personal
#=> (just upgraded with 2MB PalmIII OS upgrade).
#=> 
#=> After installing a new set of Alkalines, I tried removing them
#=> and replacing them immediately - same results, my data was
#=> lost (good thing I have PilotManager to restore a backup!)
#=> 
#=> Any help is appreciated.
#=> 
#=> Thanks,
#=> 
#=> -lou
#=> 

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