ipaq 2210 power problems please help

[wizdreaming]

i have 2 ipaq's 2210 and a tomtom carkit, today when I plugged my ipaq in the car kit, I was driving down the orad and it suddently went off, i noticed that power to the car kit had gone, so got home and checked everything, it was the fuse in the cig lighter lead. I then tried to charge the ipaq in my craddle and the yellow light was not flashing. so i changed the fuse and put in my other ipaq in the carkit and guess what the same thing happened, so i tried to chrage that one in the craddle and yet again the yellow light does not flash and they will not charge up. I have used the carkit and tomtom for 3 years without ever having problems.

Please can someone help, I have done a soft and hard reset but nothing.
Are there any internal fuses in the ipaq which can be changed, im a bit upset as i now have 2 ipaq's i cant charge.

thanks in advance

Steve

[oddsock]

Have you tried to charge the battery in the aux battery slot in the desktop cradle which would tell you if the battery is still ok ?
Dave
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[wizdreaming]

no the battery is fine, i think i have had a power serge and its affects the compents inside or fuse

[philpugh]

As far as I am aware there are no fuses (or similar) inside an iPaq - but I don't have experience of your model. I would expect the charging circuit inside the iPaq to tolerate some over-voltage and have limited surge protection.

If the fuse inside your car adapter blew then there is potentially a problem with the adapter power circuits. Is (Was) it rated for the power an iPaq needs when charging? I have an AXIM and it requires 2A at 5V for charging from a low battery state. This reduces as the battery gets more charged. My old iPaq 3660 required 1A at 5V for similar condition.

Your original problem statement is a little confusing. After the first time it 'went off' you replaced the fuse in the car adaptor. When you put the second iPaq in the car kit - did it blow the fuse again? It is possible that the car adapter gave up the ghost and is passing 12V to the iPaq - it wouldn't like that much

The fact that they don't appear to charge in your iPaq cradle is worrying - it implies that something has damaged the charging circuits. It looks as if it's a call to HP Support to find out if there is anything inside that could fail under these conditions. It's possible that there is something like a fuseable link inside as a desparate last-chance protection mechanism. In any event it looks as if its a potentially expensive return to HP for repairs.
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Phil

[oddsock]

Some one else has had the same problem : http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:8IDFkYC6VuwJ:forum.brighthand.com/showthread.php%3Ft%3D196063+ipaq+charging+circuit+fuse&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=uk

Dave
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[oddsock]

Another similar post if you want to have a go your self .

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:hl6rVamDF8oJ:forums.pocketpcfaq.com/viewtopic.php%3Fp%3D47840%26sid%3D954961feb4e09fbc6f4a4ed9c3ef4b77+ipaq+charging+circuit+fuse&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=uk

Dave
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Garmin Quest

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