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Calculator Community => TI Calculators => General Calculator Help => Topic started by: whitevalkery on May 05, 2010, 11:17:37 pm
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i have no idea why this happens... since i have never seen anything like this...
anyways... today i was trying to transfer in the new DCS password setup program and used TI connect, but for some reason the computer keeps giving me an error message saying the device is not recognizing the command. And the calculator's screen shows the normal cursor blinking, but its blinking on top of an arrow pointing downwards (a symbol), and as soon as i press any button on the calculator, it would then simply resets the ram...
i then tried transferring other programs and it seemed that the problem lies some where in the calculator's hardware or software... or perhaps its the cord...
could anyone help me with this problem? I would try and fix it by reseting the entire calc's ram and rom, but i have an important calc exam tomorrow so i am currently just going to ignore the problem temporarily, since the calculator works fine it self.
??? >:( :( :-\ :'(
oh ya... and i am using the new OS for TI-84 as well... though i dont thin that is causing it since i have been using it for a while and did transfer other programs before this problem appeared...
HELP!
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Mhmm I am unsure what could have caused it. You have a clean, unpatched OS, right? I think the only real way to know if the calc isn't bricked is a fresh mem reset then reinstalling the OS. If problems still occurs, then there might be hardware issues or maybe broken OS certificate (bad)
I hope your calc is safe, though x.x
Also welcome back
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Let's see, did you try:
OS reinstall/resend
GarbageCollect
RAM Clear
MEM Clear
Pulling all the batteries out, let the calc sit for hours, and then try these things again
That's all I can think of. I hope you can get it to work! Good luck! ;D
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Let's see, did you try:
RAM Clear
GarbageCollect
Pulling all the batteries out, let the calc sit for hours, and then try these things again
OS reinstall
MEM Clear
I think that's a better order to try things.
ztrumpet: What's the difference between resending and reinstalling the OS?
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Good call Calcdude.
Wow, I forgot to take one out...
(Editing previous post...)
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ztrumpet: What's the difference between resending and reinstalling the OS?
i think for the later he means to send the OS, cut the connection (or remove a battery) during install, then try reinstalling OS.
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wow... thanks guys!
i am going to do that list now! :)
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ok... never mind... it would seem that its just another low battery problem...
i couldn't fix it even after i tried all of things you guys have mentioned...
so then i thought it was a lost cause... then i saw that my parents got new AAA batteries because they were on sale so i thought... why not give it a try... i mean the (down arrow) symbol could mean its low battery or something...
and BANG! it worked!!! (also... i had a hunch about this before as well... since i tried transferring programs from my friend's calc and it worked)
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Strange, normally, the calc shows a low batt message. Maybe they were way too low for it to show up, idk x.x
ANyway, glad to see it worked!
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Yea! I'm glad it works again! ;D