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kriegman
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Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Rochester, MI
Posts: 4

Well my new Visor Edge came in last night. It�s also broken. This time the backlight will not come on.

I must be the unluckiest Visor customer.

I also noticed that the software preload was different. There was a diagnostics application on my first Edge, but it is not here now.

Also the unit had been "fired up" previously. No welcome screen just the home screen.

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Last edited by kriegman on 03-23-2001 at 05:52 PM

03-23-2001 05:36 PM

critic
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Registered: Nov 2000
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 201

quote:
Originally posted by kriegman
Well my new Visor Edge came in last night. It�s also broken. This time the backlight will not come on.

I must be the unluckiest Visor customer.

I also noticed that the software preload was different. There was a diagnostics application on my first Edge, but it is not here now.

Also the unit had been "fired up" previously. No welcome screen just the home screen.

You probably got a refurbished unit. I've read in other threads that HS replaces damanged units with refurbs - which isn't necessarilly a bad thing, assuming the problems in the refurb were fixed properly.

When you call Handspring again for another RMA, you should ask to speak with a manager, to whom you can run down the problems with Edge #1 and Edge #2. After the manager is done apologizing profusely (they seem to be good at that), ask for a new Edge in a FACTORY SEALED RETAIL BOX. (IE: The box that your original Edge came in, complete with cradle, discs, etc.) That way you know you're not getting a refurb. That's what I ended up doing with my Prism, and I've been very happy since.

And by the way, you're not the unluckiest Visor owner ever. I went through 4 units (cracked cases, bad screens, one with a bad charge light) before I got a good one by using the method above.

03-23-2001 07:00 PM

bradhaak
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Registered: Oct 2000
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Posts: 380

My first Edge also had a dead backlight. This doesn't seem like a tough test to perform on the production line. It was easy to get replaced since I bought it from a retail store. I just took it back and swapped it out (after waiting for twenty minutes in the Fry's return line).

03-23-2001 08:01 PM

TMatsui
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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: CA
Posts: 3

Backlight on my Edge is gone

I have had my Edge for about a week now, and I love it. That is until I tried to turn on the backlight today and it didn't work. Now I am not sure if I should keep it or not. It sounds like I am not the only one having this problem. I still have about ten days left before I can return it. Any suggestions?

03-31-2001 08:13 AM

TMatsui
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Registered: Mar 2001
Location: CA
Posts: 3

Backlight on my Edge is gone

03-31-2001 08:32 AM

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