Palm IIIxe lost screen sensitivity after syncing in IIIc c..

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Greetings,

I was trouble-shooting a Palm IIIc that was having problems syncing to
the desktop. I put a Palm IIIxe into the IIIc's cradle and the IIIxe
sync'ed up fine. However, afterwards the IIIxe's screen seems to have
lost all sensitivity -- it does not "feel" any touches or recognize
any graffiti. Has anyone seen or heard of this before?

I've tried a soft and hard reset, and it has not restored the screen
sensitivity. Any ideas how I can fix this? Or, have I fried
something in hardware?

Regards,

Durban

Archived from groups: comp.sys.palmtops (More info?)

Dekaritae wrote:
> Durban wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I was trouble-shooting a Palm IIIc that was having problems syncing to
>> the desktop. I put a Palm IIIxe into the IIIc's cradle and the IIIxe
>> sync'ed up fine. However, afterwards the IIIxe's screen seems to have
>> lost all sensitivity -- it does not "feel" any touches or recognize
>> any graffiti. Has anyone seen or heard of this before?
>>
>> I've tried a soft and hard reset, and it has not restored the screen
>> sensitivity. Any ideas how I can fix this? Or, have I fried
>> something in hardware?
>
>
> It's possible that the screen became mis-calibrated to the point that it
> maps the tracking area entirely off-screen. After a hard reset, it
> should start at the welcome screen and require you to complete the
> calibration steps, which should reset the area.
>

Er, I forgot to mention that there is a program you can add to the Palm,
which will force the welcome screen to come up when you do a reset, even
if it is not normally set do so.

http://www.freewarepalm.com/utilit [...] izer.shtml