rjack22
03-23-2004, 12:18 PM
Okay, I must be just unlucky. My third iQue has a problem.
The first one had the acquiring satellites problem, the second had no audio except in the cradle. Now for the third.
I received it last Wednesday, brand new unit. On Saturday I took a trip to Euclid, OH. Worked fine all the way there and back. When I got home I saved my tracks and then did a hotsync. My computer locked up during the hotsync. This has happened frequently before, no big deal. I did a soft reset of the iQue and for good measure did a reboot of my PC. I tried the hotsycn again and this time the screen went white. It was on, but no icons or anything else visible on the screen. Tried a hard reset, nothing changed. Now when inserted into the cradle the green light wouldn't even come on. Out of the cradle it would turn on but with the white screen. This is the way it stayed for three days. I would check occasionally but still the white screen. All of this time it was out of the cradle. Now, today on a whim I once again turned it on. This time it was dead, no white screen or anything. So I put it in the cradle....LIFE! The green light came on immediately. So I turned it on....NORMAL. Everything was just as I left if Saturday night.
So now I am very confused. Evidently the battery drained the days I left it off the cradle and now after that is is fine. Could it be that something was goobered up and left running causing the white screen and that the battery had to run down to release the loop?
And the biggest question is do I keep this unit or RMA and be safe?
The first one had the acquiring satellites problem, the second had no audio except in the cradle. Now for the third.
I received it last Wednesday, brand new unit. On Saturday I took a trip to Euclid, OH. Worked fine all the way there and back. When I got home I saved my tracks and then did a hotsync. My computer locked up during the hotsync. This has happened frequently before, no big deal. I did a soft reset of the iQue and for good measure did a reboot of my PC. I tried the hotsycn again and this time the screen went white. It was on, but no icons or anything else visible on the screen. Tried a hard reset, nothing changed. Now when inserted into the cradle the green light wouldn't even come on. Out of the cradle it would turn on but with the white screen. This is the way it stayed for three days. I would check occasionally but still the white screen. All of this time it was out of the cradle. Now, today on a whim I once again turned it on. This time it was dead, no white screen or anything. So I put it in the cradle....LIFE! The green light came on immediately. So I turned it on....NORMAL. Everything was just as I left if Saturday night.
So now I am very confused. Evidently the battery drained the days I left it off the cradle and now after that is is fine. Could it be that something was goobered up and left running causing the white screen and that the battery had to run down to release the loop?
And the biggest question is do I keep this unit or RMA and be safe?