not going good for me and my 310

[thedukefan(JW)]

heres my story ... July 17 bought 310 from Best Buy paid $310 it was an open box,,, went home charged battery and everything except ... NO record/ sound... bought it back had to buy new cost me extra $70 or so... final price $379 with three yr service contract... four days later I crack screen..... had to pay Toshiba 130 two weeks later it comes back... charged battery all good... till two days later when using one of my programs 310 locked up... no soft or hard reset waited till morning nothing screen completely blank no power on or off .. took it back to best buy swapped for a demo... ( remember I bought a new screen...) anyway demo has very minor scratch no biggie... well worked again for two days time frame is august 31and again it locks up... went immediately back to best buy tehy will not refund my money since its over 30 days and yet I haven't been able to use it for 30 days alll three my wifes is over it and voews to disown me... as of today.. best buy wont refund my money only store credit... they won't up grade my to something better or swap with me without me paying the difference AND the best part .... is ..... they will not order anymore 310 for me to swap with... tomorrow sept 6 im going to speak directly with gen manager and see... AUUUGGGGGGGGGgggghhhh what is up


has anyone expeirence their pc locking up and then not being able to soft/ hard reset??

[Pops]

Well the first day I got my e310 I downloaded Quake for the iPAQ. It worked just fine till I tried to change the res via the menu. It locked up hard and I didnt know about the reset button on the back yet and the power button didnt work. So I flipped the power supply switch at the bottom. That will reset your memory too so be aware. Its not much of a problem if you sync with your PC a lot.

Anyways flipping the power supply switch can get you out of just about any lock up. Other then my own silly mistake of trying software ment for an iPAQ I have not had any other lockups. It sounds like you just have the worst luck in the world. :(

[tjackson]

If you have the Best Buy 3-year warranty they are required to replace the e310. If they can't replace it then they are required by the contract to give you something else of similiar value. Whoever told you "they won't order any more e310s" is wrong, talk to the manager. This is also an odd statement as the e310 sales are booming and the Best Buys around here are selling them as fast as free beer at a frat party.

I have had an e310, also from Best Buy, and it has worked flawlessly. Luck of the draw I suppose!

[viper102661]

there should be no problem trying games or apps for the Ipaq on the e310 since both have Intel StrongARM SA-1110 206 MHz processors.

as for your experience with the e310 you bought at Best Buy, well it was just unlucky I guess. :(

[Pops]

Well there can be a problem running programs made with the iPaq in mind considering the screens are different sizes. That is where I found the problem, and this isnt a normal PocketPC program, it was a compile of Quake from IDs source code.

But normally, yes you are right. There is not difference between machines. If its writting for another processor type most times it wont run at all, rather then crash the PC.