i am on my 3rd lifedrive. the last two went exactly as you described. I
was on a trip, everything working fine, and suddenly it would not turn
of....it would not reset. i let the battery run down, put it in the cradle,
and as soon as power was on, it was stuck and would not turn off or do
anything.

i turned it in for a repaire unit...

in a few months, it happened again, refusing to turn off while in ran down.

i use my 4th replacement but it is palms fault. there is a basic failing in
the machine

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:32:50 +0100, Duncan Langford wrote:

> Is there any pattern behind the periodic refusal of a LifeDrive to turn on?
>
> So far I've experienced four different LifeDrives, and so far three of them
> have had this problem; the latest was replaced by Palm with a new model
> only this morning...
>
> The symptoms are the LD suddenly turning itself off. Battery condition is
> irrelvant - it's happened when fully charged, as well as after some time
> being used. The LD then won't turn on, and, although a reset will at first
> bring it back, the frequency of auto turning off increases rapidly, and
> very soon even a reset won't bring it back.
>
> I don't have any arcane applications, I don't use more than the usual apps;
> I take great care of the damn thing - and this happens!
>
> After explaining how to reset it, Palm tech support eventually accept it
> for repair; but while their 'phone people are excellent, the actual repair
> people suck - virtually every time a 'repaired' LD has come back, it's
> failed with exactly the same fault within a few minutes.
>
> Given my love for the damn thing and my reliance on my LD, I actually
> bought a spare to use as a backup (fortunately: over the past 10 days of
> repair-repair-replace that backup LD proved a lifesaver!)
>
> Are my experiences unique, or has anyone else experienced anything similar?
>
> - duncan