| Author | Comment |
gulyman
Goliath
Posted: 12 May 2008
11:19 GMT
Total Posts: 144 | My math teacher gave me a calculator that when turned on has a completly black screen. 2nd down doesn't work to lighten it and when I pulled the batteries and inserted then again the problem persisted. I haven't tried pulling the button cell yet or hooking it up to my computer, but I thought that I'd ask what you guys thought. Do you think it's a hardware problem or software? |
Barrett
Administrator
Posted: 12 May 2008
12:00 GMT
Total Posts: 1676 | What kind of calculator is it?
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-Barrett A |
Zachary940
Wraith
Posted: 12 May 2008
12:26 GMT
Total Posts: 714 | Sounds like a hardware problem to me.
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It is much easier to suggest solutions when you know nothing about the problem. |
gulyman
Goliath
Posted: 12 May 2008
13:06 GMT
Total Posts: 144 | opps sorry. It's a TI-83 Plus.
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gulyman
Goliath
Posted: 12 May 2008
18:21 GMT
Total Posts: 144 | So I took out the button cell and turned it on. The black was gone but I got random pixels instead. Then I took the batteries out with the button cell already out. That fixed the problem. It seems like a weird solution to me. I looked at the version of the OS in the about screen. Button path 2nd + 1.It has version 1.13. I wonder if that had anything to do with it. For some reason when you turn it off, it waits half a second before the screen clears. I wonder what it does for that half second. |
ryantmer
Wraith
Posted: 15 May 2008
07:05 GMT
Total Posts: 692 | It's probably calling home to the mothership. |
