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Re: Dead RCX
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lugnet.robotics.rcx
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Thu, 17 May 2001 18:50:25 GMT
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Completely dead? no response of any kind when you push the ON/OFF button?
I ask because if battery power is off for too long, the firmware evaporates and
the RCX is pretty non -responsive. But the LCD is not blank. If this is the
case, download the firmware again.
In lugnet.robotics.rcx, Matthias Jetleb writes:
> Has anyone had an RCX just plain die on them?
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> - Brand new - used manybe 30min total
> - Fresh batteries
> - Nothing hooked up to it at the time
> - Did it's usual beep on startup as my son switched it on and off to
> listen to the sound
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> I assumed he had stopped pushing buttons when it stopped making
> sounds, but when I tried it a few minutes later, it was completely
> dead.
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> It's an RCX 2.0, serial no. 555639 incase anyone is aware of a bad
> batch.
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> Has this happened to anyone?
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> Matthias Jetleb
> VA3-MWJ
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