Registered: Dec 1999
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I am starting to get very discouraged with my Visor. Both my father and I are on our second set of Visors because the olds ones would just randomly hard reset or go through batteries in a day. So they shipped us some new ones....everything was going good and then all of the sudden I turned it on and crash!!!! Hard reset again. I used the backup module and got back and running but this is really ticking me off.

I owned a Palm Pilot Pro and only had to do a hard reset once in 3 years of owning it....because of something stupid I did.

I know I can call support and get a new one sent out but what it is the point.

Anyone else getting random Hard Resets?

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Registered: Oct 1999
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What you are describing is an exact repeat of what I experienced with the Palm IIIc. But this is an issue of PalmOS 3.5. Since the Visor runs on a modified version of OS 3.1(h), I really can't offer a clue as to the cause. Did you have any conflicting hacks on your Visor prior to these crashes?

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Registered: Feb 2000
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Spontaneous hard resets? Methink you have another defective unti and need another replacement. I am having no reset problems with my Visor.

Registered: Nov 1999
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i remember seeing a story on Dateline or one of those magazine shows in which certain people had a slightly stronger magnetic field and specific electronic items they used wouldn't work properly...they couldn't figure out what made some electronic items work fine and others not but it was interesting!

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Registered: Aug 2000
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I've had my visor a little over a month now.

Although that obviously doesnt make me an expert, I can say I have never had to do a hard reset, but plenty of normal and one warm, due to my need to continually mis hacks and new programs until my visor starts hemmoraging

Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Connecticut USA
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heyday,

Have you checked your Visor for the DRAM bug? While it shouldn't be causing the resets (it's supposed to give only a fatal error), it would be wise to test it anyway. You can read about the bug in the support area at Handspring. Then you can get the Updater patch.

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