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Calculator Community => TI Calculators => General Calculator Help => Topic started by: Mighty Moose on March 19, 2012, 12:29:00 pm
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So I got my "new" used TI-Nspire today after waiting for it to ship to me from Amazon for like a week. ;D
Unfortunately, it only came with the 84+ keypad, and it won't even boot (or turn on, for that matter, it appears). :mad: :'(
For the record, yes, it has fresh batteries in it, I have already tried connecting it to a computer (unsuccessfully - although the computer seems to think something is connected?), and I have also pressed the reset button, still to no avail.
Does anyone with Nspire expertise (Critor?) have any idea what could be wrong with it or what I can do to fix it?
(I can post pictures upon request)
Thanks in advance!
Cheers,
MM
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Be sure to use brand new batteries.
TI-Nspire Clickpads stubornly refuse to boot if they don't like your batteries.
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nope, that wasn't the issue - I just tried with a different fresh set of batteries. Any other ideas? (Should I try taking it apart?)
Edit: TILP detects my calc! Of course, as a TI-84+SE (as it should), but hey, that's something, so the device is on, just not responding. Hmmmmm...
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Have you tried buying a clickpad from ebay and putting in the calc?
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Mighty Moose, my old Nspire has the same issue as well. I personally think it might have something to do with the screen itself, but I never figured out what truly caused it.
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Have you tried buying a clickpad from ebay and putting in the calc?
Well, I would, but before I go spending more money on this thing, I want to see if it is really worth it :).
Mighty Moose, my old Nspire has the same issue as well. I personally think it might have something to do with the screen itself, but I never figured out what truly caused it.
I'm thinking about taking it apart and checking the screen assembly. Maybe one of the screen cables is loose.
Edit: And of course, I just realized I can't open it up because don't have the right kind of screwdriver...
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Try borrowing a friend's clickpad if you know anyone else with an Nspire.
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Be sure to use brand new batteries.
TI-Nspire Clickpads stubornly refuse to boot if they don't like your batteries.
They do? Is this the problem HOMER-16 was mentioning?
I remember ndless1.1 didn't like batteries being kept put and every time you wanted to turn the calc on you'd have to remove and place again a battery.
Getting a clickpad is recommended, though.
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Good news!
I was able to dump my nspire thanks to my friend's clickpad, ndless 1.1.1, and critor's polydumper! The screen was still dead, so I did this completely "blind" - that is, without being able to see the screen at all.
Alas, nothing much interesting to report: OS 1.3.2438, Boot2 1.1.8981, and some diags software, but no rare OS this time :P. I'm still planning on returning it, though; at this point, it's more trouble than it's worth.
Cheers!
MM
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Did you tried increasing the contrast to see if it makes any difference?
The shortcut is ctrl + plus
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I didn't get a chance to try with the clickpad, but I did try with the 84+ keypad (no success obviously). It only came with the 84+ keypad anyway, so imma gonna return it.
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Be sure to use brand new batteries.
TI-Nspire Clickpads stubornly refuse to boot if they don't like your batteries.
They do? Is this the problem HOMER-16 was mentioning?
I remember ndless1.1 didn't like batteries being kept put and every time you wanted to turn the calc on you'd have to remove and place again a battery.
Getting a clickpad is recommended, though.
Hmm I remember something like that happening back then with my Clickpad. It ended up into an endless reboot loop so I had to remove a battery then it was fine again.
EDIT Oh wait I remember now. It was the screen glitch, right? It didn't happen on every Clickpad models but most of them. We had a reset program to fix that without removing a battery, but if you forgot to select it before turning the calc OFF then it was pretty much trial and error to find it.
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Ah yes the reset program. Forgot about that mainly for ndless1.1.
Definitely need the clickpad, so you can access those OS resetting options (remove OS, format files and OS etc.)