Knackered? No, the sun's shining...

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Sitting in the garden today I thought my iPAQ 3870 was on its way out. It
was taking an age to do anything. Menus appeared in slo-mo and applications
were just stalling. The thing was, it would occasionally burst into life,
but not for long.

Soft resetting did nothing and I was resigned to a hard reset when I
thought, 'I wonder if it's the sunlight?' - and, ah heck me, it was.

I know that bright light can prevent IR data transfers working properly, but
I didn't realise that sunlight could be interpreted by a PDA as a data
source. My iPAQ was obviously feverishly trying to 'discover' the source of
an IR signal, hence the sluggishness.

Is this a problem common to all PDA's? I fixed things by disabling the IR
service but that's a bit of a pain, because I like to link to my laptop
without having to do anything more that set them side-by-side. I suppose
that one benefit will be that I save some power...

TIA
Pete

 

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"PC" <pete.clayton@btinternet.com> wrote:

>Sitting in the garden today I thought my iPAQ 3870 was on its way out. It
>was taking an age to do anything. Menus appeared in slo-mo and applications
>were just stalling. The thing was, it would occasionally burst into life,
>but not for long.
>
>Soft resetting did nothing and I was resigned to a hard reset when I
>thought, 'I wonder if it's the sunlight?' - and, ah heck me, it was.
>
>I know that bright light can prevent IR data transfers working properly, but
>I didn't realise that sunlight could be interpreted by a PDA as a data
>source. My iPAQ was obviously feverishly trying to 'discover' the source of
>an IR signal, hence the sluggishness.
>
>Is this a problem common to all PDA's? I fixed things by disabling the IR
>service but that's a bit of a pain, because I like to link to my laptop
>without having to do anything more that set them side-by-side. I suppose
>that one benefit will be that I save some power...

This is unique to the 3800. They fixed it when the 3900 came out. The
5400 might be susceptible but I am not positive about that. Just stick
your finger over the IR port when outside or disable IR temporarily.
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"Ed Hansberry, MS-MVP/Mobile Devices"
<spamfree-silvernino@hotmail.spambegone.com> wrote in
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>
> This is unique to the 3800. They fixed it when the 3900 came out. The
> 5400 might be susceptible but I am not positive about that. Just stick
> your finger over the IR port when outside or disable IR temporarily.


Thanks for that Ed!

At least there's a workaround or two - lol!

Regards, Pete

 

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pete.clayton@btinternet.co.uk wrote in message news:<s86rc.100$4O6.39@newsfe5-win>...

> At least there's a workaround or two - lol!

I blame the sun itself. A perfectly good medium-sized yellow star
that has fusion working without a hitch, and the damn thing isn't even
Windows-compatible! ;-)

 

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elecconnec@aol.com (Todd Allcock) wrote:

>pete.clayton@btinternet.co.uk wrote in message news:<s86rc.100$4O6.39@newsfe5-win>...
>
>> At least there's a workaround or two - lol!
>
>I blame the sun itself. A perfectly good medium-sized yellow star
>that has fusion working without a hitch, and the damn thing isn't even
>Windows-compatible! ;-)

Well, it doesn't have the Windows Logo, so I expect it may not be
compatible. I think the Sun is more a Java thing anyway... ;-)
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"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@aol.com> wrote in message
news:de37a2e0.0405201442.4ea8a9ce@posting.google.com...
> pete.clayton@btinternet.co.uk wrote in message
news:<s86rc.100$4O6.39@newsfe5-win>...
>
> > At least there's a workaround or two - lol!
>
> I blame the sun itself. A perfectly good medium-sized yellow star
> that has fusion working without a hitch, and the damn thing isn't even
> Windows-compatible! ;-)

.... Yet.



Steve
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Sun ?
What's that ? oh yeah, saw an old picture of it at the Seattle Museum <g>

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www.pdasquare.com
Redmond, WA



"Ed Hansberry, MS-MVP/Mobile Devices"
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> elecconnec@aol.com (Todd Allcock) wrote:
>
>>pete.clayton@btinternet.co.uk wrote in message
>>news:<s86rc.100$4O6.39@newsfe5-win>...
>>
>>> At least there's a workaround or two - lol!
>>
>>I blame the sun itself. A perfectly good medium-sized yellow star
>>that has fusion working without a hitch, and the damn thing isn't even
>>Windows-compatible! ;-)
>
> Well, it doesn't have the Windows Logo, so I expect it may not be
> compatible. I think the Sun is more a Java thing anyway... ;-)
> --
> __________________________________________________________________________________
> Ed Hansberry (Please do *NOT* email me. Post here for the benefit of all)
> What is on my Pocket PC? http/www.ehansberry.com/
> Microsoft MVP - Mobile Devices www.pocketpc.com
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Of course, when Sol does, if ever, become Windows compatible, Micrsoft will
have to start issuing patches, it will crash whenever it feels like it,
cause your PDA to disconnect whenever, and the all feared, repeat the same
day again and again, as it does in my Outlook calendar.
Sol is just fine the way it is.
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"Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@msn.cöm> wrote in message
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> Sun ?
> What's that ? oh yeah, saw an old picture of it at the Seattle Museum <g>
>
> --
> Tedd Riggs
> PDA Square Content Developer
> www.pdasquare.com
> Redmond, WA
>
>
>
> "Ed Hansberry, MS-MVP/Mobile Devices"
> <spamfree-silvernino@hotmail.spambegone.com> wrote in message
> news:crkqa0ps3sp9d4pgr4dqa5ipilk62hco79@4ax.com...
> > elecconnec@aol.com (Todd Allcock) wrote:
> >
> >>pete.clayton@btinternet.co.uk wrote in message
> >>news:<s86rc.100$4O6.39@newsfe5-win>...
> >>
> >>> At least there's a workaround or two - lol!
> >>
> >>I blame the sun itself. A perfectly good medium-sized yellow star
> >>that has fusion working without a hitch, and the damn thing isn't even
> >>Windows-compatible! ;-)
> >
> > Well, it doesn't have the Windows Logo, so I expect it may not be
> > compatible. I think the Sun is more a Java thing anyway... ;-)
> > --
> >
____________________________________________________________________________
______
> > Ed Hansberry (Please do *NOT* email me. Post here for the benefit of
all)
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>

 

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Ah Kelly?
For some reason missed the point of your post...was joking about the lack of
sunshine.

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"Kelly J Basden" <bikers46@msn.com> wrote in message
news:%23VdIF5iWEHA.1152@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Of course, when Sol does, if ever, become Windows compatible, Micrsoft
> will
> have to start issuing patches, it will crash whenever it feels like it,
> cause your PDA to disconnect whenever, and the all feared, repeat the same
> day again and again, as it does in my Outlook calendar.
> Sol is just fine the way it is.
> "Renewing Photos, Memories and History" Kelly and Joy Basden Photo
> Restoration & Duplication - DVD presentations and much more 'CENTENNIAL
> RESTORATIONS' 555 Hickory Ridge Trail Ringgold, GA. 30736
> illrestoreit@msn.com tel: mobile: 423-227-2324 423-227-2324 Signature
> powered by Plaxo Want a signature like this? Add me to your address
> book...
> "Tedd Riggs" <T_Riggs@msn.cöm> wrote in message
> news:O9R0JxFQEHA.3012@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Sun ?
>> What's that ? oh yeah, saw an old picture of it at the Seattle Museum
>> <g>
>>
>> --
>> Tedd Riggs
>> PDA Square Content Developer
>> www.pdasquare.com
>> Redmond, WA
>>
>>
>>
>> "Ed Hansberry, MS-MVP/Mobile Devices"
>> <spamfree-silvernino@hotmail.spambegone.com> wrote in message
>> news:crkqa0ps3sp9d4pgr4dqa5ipilk62hco79@4ax.com...
>> > elecconnec@aol.com (Todd Allcock) wrote:
>> >
>> >>pete.clayton@btinternet.co.uk wrote in message
>> >>news:<s86rc.100$4O6.39@newsfe5-win>...
>> >>
>> >>> At least there's a workaround or two - lol!
>> >>
>> >>I blame the sun itself. A perfectly good medium-sized yellow star
>> >>that has fusion working without a hitch, and the damn thing isn't even
>> >>Windows-compatible! ;-)
>> >
>> > Well, it doesn't have the Windows Logo, so I expect it may not be
>> > compatible. I think the Sun is more a Java thing anyway... ;-)
>> > --
>> >
> ____________________________________________________________________________
> ______
>> > Ed Hansberry (Please do *NOT* email me. Post here for the benefit of
> all)
>> > What is on my Pocket PC? http/www.ehansberry.com/
>> > Microsoft MVP - Mobile Devices www.pocketpc.com
>> > What is an MVP? - http/mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>>
>
>