I had some luck shorting the pins using a small wire meant for a breadboard. I placed the two ends of the wire on the two contacts point-down. It seems to reliably short the contacts.
Hope this helps. Matthew * Rub?n Berenguel ([email protected]) wrote: > So far, no luck. I even tried putting a little piece from a silver > sheet (thin one, for stamp silvering) between the rubber button and > the pins to get a better connection (silver is a good conductor). I'll > keep trying. > > I bought it from tuxbrain, 1.3 years ago or so. I don't know how much > warranty I had, I guess I have the form lying around somewhere. Maybe > David can share some more light in this part :) > > I'll keep trying, and maybe look for a soldering iron... > > Ruben > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 18:03, Wolfgang Spraul <[email protected]> wrote: > >> no luck. I had already tried pressing U and different power > >> combinations, I just tried again and even using the battery as an > >> alternative power switch... No result. As good as dead for now, at > >> least the red light still goes on... It is not completely dead. > > > > Shorting the USB boot pins is the gold standard in all this. If > > that cannot get you the 601a:4740 back, I'd say you need a new Nano :-) > > I really want to understand what happened to the device, I think it > > should be within the warranty so just return it to Tuxbrain and Tuxbrain > > will ship you a new one? > > > > Where did you buy your Ben? > > As a last resort, you can still try to short the USB boot pins with > > a soldering iron... > > Wolfgang > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Qi Hardware Discussion List > > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > > http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion > > > > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
