From community-support at lists.laptop.org Mon Mar 26 19:05:39 2012 From: community-support at lists.laptop.org (OLPC Community Support) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:05:39 -0700 Subject: [olpc-help] XO Laptop (Wont turn on) Message-ID: Hello, It has been a while since I last used my OLPC XO and when I went to turn it on today it made the noise and I saw the man but when the first dot appeared below the man it just shut off. I tried to install the new software 11.3.0 and was successful. However the same happened again. I thought it might be a firmware problem but i cannot reach the ok prompt to install new firmware and was unsuccessful at the other methods of installation. I am using a charger purchased from Radio Shack that works and meets requirement on the power page and my battery last about one minuet. I have tried everything and want to know what I need to do to get my XO to work again. From, Stephen -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From community-support at lists.laptop.org Mon Mar 26 20:25:26 2012 From: community-support at lists.laptop.org (OLPC Community Support) Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:25:26 -0400 Subject: [olpc-help] XO Laptop (Wont turn on) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Stephen- I'm assuming the "11.3.0" version indicates this is an XO-1, is that right? Does the XO run without the battery installed? If it does, it means the battery isn't the problem, and that the Radio Shack replacement power supply isn't the problem, either. To test this: 1. Turn the XO off. 2. Remove the battery completely 3. Attach the power supply. 4. While holding down the left-rocker key (inside the gamepad circle with the "<" symbol), start the XO. This forces Self Test mode. More info on the Self-test mode at: - http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Cheat_codes These are pretty complete firmware-level tests. If there's a hardware failure, these have a good chance of turning-it up. If they all pass, the problem is next most likely to be software related. On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 7:05 PM, OLPC Community Support < community-support at lists.laptop.org> wrote: > Hello, > > It has been a while since I last used my OLPC XO and when I went to turn > it on today it made the noise and I saw the man but when the first dot > appeared below the man it just shut off. I tried to install the new > software 11.3.0 and was successful. However the same happened again. I > thought it might be a firmware problem but i cannot reach the ok prompt to > install new firmware and was unsuccessful at the other methods > of installation. I am using a charger purchased from Radio Shack that works > and meets requirement on the power page and my battery last about one > minuet. I have tried everything and want to know what I need to do to get > my XO to work again. > > From, > Stephen > > _______________________________________________ > community-support mailing list > community-support at lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/community-support > > -- Steve Holton sph0lt0n at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: