Re: [M100] Olivetti M-10's for a new home

2018-12-03 Thread John Gardner
Suggestion - Remove all power, connect a 1K resistor across the NiCd. Let it percolate overnight & remove the resistor, plug it back in. On 12/3/18, Mauro Pintus wrote: > Unfortunately the unit is not working and yes I tried the cold start > (CTRL+PAUSE then Reset) without luck. > > Thanks >

Re: [M100] Olivetti M-10's for a new home

2018-12-03 Thread Mauro Pintus
Unfortunately the unit is not working and yes I tried the cold start (CTRL+PAUSE then Reset) without luck. Thanks Mauro Sent from my iPad On 04/dic/2018, at 00:02, "John R. Hogerhuis" wrote: > So is it working now? Did you do a cold start? > > On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 2:57 PM Mauro Pintus >

Re: [M100] Olivetti M-10's for a new home

2018-12-03 Thread John R. Hogerhuis
So is it working now? Did you do a cold start? On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 2:57 PM Mauro Pintus Hi Mike, > I tried to replace the NiCd battery leaving the unit without battery > for few days and when I applied the new one I left it on charge without > turning on the unit for couple of days. > I thin

Re: [M100] Olivetti M-10's for a new home

2018-12-03 Thread Mauro Pintus
Hi Mike, I tried to replace the NiCd battery leaving the unit without battery for few days and when I applied the new one I left it on charge without turning on the unit for couple of days. I think this should have cleared the garbage in the RAM :) I also replaced most of the electrolitic ca

Re: [M100] Olivetti M-10's for a new home

2018-12-03 Thread Mike Stein
Might just need a short rest and a cold boot; turning off the memory switch might well have scrambled the RAM contents. - Original Message - From: Mauro Pintus To: m...@bitchin100.com Sent: Monday, December 03, 2018 5:00 PM Subject: Re: [M100] Olivetti M-10's for a new home

Re: [M100] Olivetti M-10's for a new home

2018-12-03 Thread Mauro Pintus
Hi Jan, i actually don't know for sure which component is preventing it to complete the boot. It was warking fine while accidentally I flipped off the NiCd battery switch. Now if I turn it on nothing appear on the display, I can just regulate the contrast... I tried to blindly write a basic

Re: [M100] Olivetti M-10's for a new home

2018-12-03 Thread Jan Vanden Bossche
Mauro, What do you need to repair your M-10? Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus Jan-80 From: Mauro Pintus To: m...@bitchin100.com Sent: Saturday, 1 December 2018, 16:12 Subject: Re: [M100] Olivetti M-10's for a new home Thank you Jeff, really appreciated. Now I keep my finger crossed