iPAQ2210 boot problems

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When you soft reset you might try removing all cards from the machine. I
find that my machine sometimes hangs on soft-reset reboot if I have a card
or even an (PCMCIA to CF)adaptor installed.
It's an HP 568, and since the hard reset is accomplished by sitting without
batteries for a while, I even find that I have to let it sit for an hour or
so before reinstalling them, otherwise it hangs also(if it just sits for say
10mins). Very weird!!


"Les Smith" <les.smith@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> My iPAQ2210 requires frequent soft resets because of lockups. Reading
> other posts this seems to be the norm especially if you are using TomTom.
> However, occasionally a soft reset hangs during boot up and then I have to
> hard reset. Then it takes me a couple of hours to reinstall and setup
> everything again. I tried using Activesync and iPAQ backup to make a
> complete backup so that I can restore. The restore works OK but when it
> soft resets afterwards it hangs again on boot up. HP support don't seem to
> be able to help other than telling me to hard reset again. Any
> ideas/suggestions would be appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Les Smith
>

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"Les Smith" <les.smith@btinternet.com> wrote:

> My iPAQ2210 requires frequent soft resets because of lockups. Reading other
> posts this seems to be the norm especially if you are using TomTom. However,
> occasionally a soft reset hangs during boot up and then I have to hard
> reset. Then it takes me a couple of hours to reinstall and setup everything
> again. I tried using Activesync and iPAQ backup to make a complete backup so
> that I can restore. The restore works OK but when it soft resets afterwards
> it hangs again on boot up. HP support don't seem to be able to help other
> than telling me to hard reset again. Any ideas/suggestions would be
> appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Les Smith
>

My lockups were from running too many tasks at once (closing the
window only minimizes them, doesn't close the program). I have had no
lockups since using Pocket Task Manager (free)
http://www.cetoolbox.com/PocketTaskManager/index.html

I was surprised at how many programs were open in the background. If
your lockups are due to that reason, this will help you keep an eye on
it.

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P K

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If you have the latest ROM update installed then it is probably the number
of running applications / processes that is causing the lockups.

I have same setup and a ROM update cured it. if you update be sure to backup
though...

"P and K" <none@this.time> wrote in message
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> "Les Smith" <les.smith@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> My iPAQ2210 requires frequent soft resets because of lockups. Reading
>> other
>> posts this seems to be the norm especially if you are using TomTom.
>> However,
>> occasionally a soft reset hangs during boot up and then I have to hard
>> reset. Then it takes me a couple of hours to reinstall and setup
>> everything
>> again. I tried using Activesync and iPAQ backup to make a complete backup
>> so
>> that I can restore. The restore works OK but when it soft resets
>> afterwards
>> it hangs again on boot up. HP support don't seem to be able to help other
>> than telling me to hard reset again. Any ideas/suggestions would be
>> appreciated.
>> Thanks,
>> Les Smith
>>
>
> My lockups were from running too many tasks at once (closing the
> window only minimizes them, doesn't close the program). I have had no
> lockups since using Pocket Task Manager (free)
> http://www.cetoolbox.com/PocketTaskManager/index.html
>
> I was surprised at how many programs were open in the background. If
> your lockups are due to that reason, this will help you keep an eye on
> it.
>
> --
>
>
> =======
> ///// \\\\\
> ///(@)~(@)\\\
> ---o00-(_)-00o---
>
> P K

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What's the latest ROM version? - my IPAQ is only a month or so old, so
presume that I have a recent version but get these frequent lock-ups.

PS - My ROM is shown as Revision 1.00.09 ENG, dated 11/20/04.

Bob,



"andy" <andy.hoad@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> If you have the latest ROM update installed then it is probably the number
> of running applications / processes that is causing the lockups.
>
> I have same setup and a ROM update cured it. if you update be sure to
> backup though...
>
> "P and K" <none@this.time> wrote in message
> news:tvqh81dac5lejjur16cb9rv14rland8mre@4ax.com...
>> "Les Smith" <les.smith@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My iPAQ2210 requires frequent soft resets because of lockups. Reading
>>> other
>>> posts this seems to be the norm especially if you are using TomTom.
>>> However,
>>> occasionally a soft reset hangs during boot up and then I have to hard
>>> reset. Then it takes me a couple of hours to reinstall and setup
>>> everything
>>> again. I tried using Activesync and iPAQ backup to make a complete
>>> backup so
>>> that I can restore. The restore works OK but when it soft resets
>>> afterwards
>>> it hangs again on boot up. HP support don't seem to be able to help
>>> other
>>> than telling me to hard reset again. Any ideas/suggestions would be
>>> appreciated.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Les Smith
>>>
>>
>> My lockups were from running too many tasks at once (closing the
>> window only minimizes them, doesn't close the program). I have had no
>> lockups since using Pocket Task Manager (free)
>> http://www.cetoolbox.com/PocketTaskManager/index.html
>>
>> I was surprised at how many programs were open in the background. If
>> your lockups are due to that reason, this will help you keep an eye on
>> it.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> =======
>> ///// \\\\\
>> ///(@)~(@)\\\
>> ---o00-(_)-00o---
>>
>> P K
>
>

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Les Smith wrote:

> My iPAQ2210 requires frequent soft resets because of lockups. Reading other
> posts this seems to be the norm especially if you are using TomTom. However,
> occasionally a soft reset hangs during boot up and then I have to hard
> reset. Then it takes me a couple of hours to reinstall and setup everything
> again. I tried using Activesync and iPAQ backup to make a complete backup so
> that I can restore. The restore works OK but when it soft resets afterwards
> it hangs again on boot up. HP support don't seem to be able to help other
> than telling me to hard reset again. Any ideas/suggestions would be
> appreciated.
> Thanks,

Try removing stuff from the startup folder (\windows\startup) as it
sounds like you have a lot of things set to load on startup.

Move the shortcuts to a different folder and move back one at a time and
see how they effect the device's stability.


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