Have you tried a soft reset yet? If that doesn't work, back up your Psion
and try a hard reset.

Richard

"Michael J Davis" wrote in message
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>
> I am currently on my second 5mx. I had a problem - apparently with the
> on switch over the weekend. Eventually changing the batteries led me to
> believe it was a faulty connection. however.....
>
> I am now sitting here with the Psion connected to the mains. I have the
> Usage (live) screen on, and it says time on external power 14m, and this
> is notching up steadily.
>
> But the *battery* current now is oscillating every two to six seconds
> between 0mA, 128mA & 192mA. The time on batteries continues to read 0.
>
> Do I have a problem (or incipient problem)?
>
> Mike
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"Michael J Davis" wrote in message
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>
> I am currently on my second 5mx. I had a problem - apparently with the
> on switch over the weekend. Eventually changing the batteries led me to
> believe it was a faulty connection. however.....
>
> I am now sitting here with the Psion connected to the mains. I have the
> Usage (live) screen on, and it says time on external power 14m, and this
> is notching up steadily.
>
> But the *battery* current now is oscillating every two to six seconds
> between 0mA, 128mA & 192mA. The time on batteries continues to read 0.
>
> Do I have a problem (or incipient problem)?
>
The battery current display is a joke. I don't know what it actually
measures, but it aint the battery current. I wouldn't worry about it, but a
soft and/or hard reset may (or may not) resolve the problem.

Ian S

Try a soft reset (back up you info first).
If that doesn't work try a hard reset.
Although normally fairly good the reporting can get itself into a mess, even
reporting negative currents.
If you still have problems check the battery contacts for corrosion. There
is sometimes a problem with the battery cable so this may lead to a repair.
I seem to recall buying this cable ages ago, and replacing it myself (a lot
cheaper than the service fixed cost) but I can't remember where from.

"Michael J Davis" wrote in message
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>
> I am currently on my second 5mx. I had a problem - apparently with the
> on switch over the weekend. Eventually changing the batteries led me to
> believe it was a faulty connection. however.....
>
> I am now sitting here with the Psion connected to the mains. I have the
> Usage (live) screen on, and it says time on external power 14m, and this
> is notching up steadily.
>
> But the *battery* current now is oscillating every two to six seconds
> between 0mA, 128mA & 192mA. The time on batteries continues to read 0.
>
> Do I have a problem (or incipient problem)?
>
> Mike
> [The reply-to address is valid for 30 days from this posting]
> --
> Michael J Davis
> <><
> Some newsgroup contributors appear to have confused
> the meaning of "discussion" with "digression".
> <><

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:54:34 -0000, "Ian S"
wrote:

>
>"Michael J Davis" wrote in message
>news:Sx1ph0M$a1u$EwkJ@trustsof.demon.co.uk...
>>
>> I am currently on my second 5mx. I had a problem - apparently with the
>> on switch over the weekend. Eventually changing the batteries led me to
>> believe it was a faulty connection. however.....
>>
>> I am now sitting here with the Psion connected to the mains. I have the
>> Usage (live) screen on, and it says time on external power 14m, and this
>> is notching up steadily.
>>
>> But the *battery* current now is oscillating every two to six seconds
>> between 0mA, 128mA & 192mA. The time on batteries continues to read 0.
>>
>> Do I have a problem (or incipient problem)?
>>
>The battery current display is a joke. I don't know what it actually
>measures, but it aint the battery current. I wouldn't worry about it, but a
>soft and/or hard reset may (or may not) resolve the problem.
>
>Ian S
>
>

I don't think the Psion actually _measures_ the current at all. I
think it just looks to see what internal bits are turned on (serial,
light etc.), possibly fudges in some measure of how hard the CPU is
working and comes up with something along the lines of "Well, with the
light off, serial on and three processes running, the current drain
should be about xxxmA".

The 5mx has circuitry to measure battery voltage. In it's programming, it
knows how much power each of it's components uses (screen, ram, etc...) to
run. So it knows the battery voltage, which is a good indicator of overall
battery health. It also knows how much mAh it is using, calculating it
against what the hardware is doing at any given time. My point is that a one
possibility is a calculation error could occur when it measures hardware
activity, like CPU use. Maybe the CPU is at rest, but the software is
reporting it at high activity??? This would of course give incorrect battery
consumption readings. Just a guess, and only one possible scenario?

Richard

"Graham Holden" wrote in message
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> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:54:34 -0000, "Ian S"
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Michael J Davis" wrote in message
> >news:Sx1ph0M$a1u$EwkJ@trustsof.demon.co.uk...
> >>
> >> I am currently on my second 5mx. I had a problem - apparently with the
> >> on switch over the weekend. Eventually changing the batteries led me to
> >> believe it was a faulty connection. however.....
> >>
> >> I am now sitting here with the Psion connected to the mains. I have the
> >> Usage (live) screen on, and it says time on external power 14m, and
this
> >> is notching up steadily.
> >>
> >> But the *battery* current now is oscillating every two to six seconds
> >> between 0mA, 128mA & 192mA. The time on batteries continues to read 0.
> >>
> >> Do I have a problem (or incipient problem)?
> >>
> >The battery current display is a joke. I don't know what it actually
> >measures, but it aint the battery current. I wouldn't worry about it,
but a
> >soft and/or hard reset may (or may not) resolve the problem.
> >
> >Ian S
> >
> >
>
> I don't think the Psion actually _measures_ the current at all. I
> think it just looks to see what internal bits are turned on (serial,
> light etc.), possibly fudges in some measure of how hard the CPU is
> working and comes up with something along the lines of "Well, with the
> light off, serial on and three processes running, the current drain
> should be about xxxmA".

In message , Graham Holden
writes
>On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 12:54:34 -0000, "Ian S"
> wrote:
>>"Michael J Davis" wrote in message
>>news:Sx1ph0M$a1u$EwkJ@trustsof.demon.co.uk...
>>>
>>> I am currently on my second 5mx. I had a problem - apparently with the
>>> on switch over the weekend. Eventually changing the batteries led me to
>>> believe it was a faulty connection. however.....
>>>
>>> I am now sitting here with the Psion connected to the mains. I have the
>>> Usage (live) screen on, and it says time on external power 14m, and this
>>> is notching up steadily.
>>>
>>> But the *battery* current now is oscillating every two to six seconds
>>> between 0mA, 128mA & 192mA. The time on batteries continues to read 0.
>>>
>>> Do I have a problem (or incipient problem)?
>>>
>>The battery current display is a joke. I don't know what it actually
>>measures, but it aint the battery current. I wouldn't worry about it, but a
>>soft and/or hard reset may (or may not) resolve the problem.
>>
>
>I don't think the Psion actually _measures_ the current at all. I
>think it just looks to see what internal bits are turned on (serial,
>light etc.), possibly fudges in some measure of how hard the CPU is
>working and comes up with something along the lines of "Well, with the
>light off, serial on and three processes running, the current drain
>should be about xxxmA".

Thank you Ian, Alan, Graham, Retired.

Yes, I have done a soft reset. No difference. (current still cycles
between settings)

However, my concern increases, in that connected to the mains, the
screen remains on until the case is shut, whereas on batteries, it
switches off within ten degrees. This looks like the screen cable
problem doesn't it?

Thanks for your help.

Mike
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In message ,
Retired_Soon writes
>The 5mx has circuitry to measure battery voltage. In it's programming, it
>knows how much power each of it's components uses (screen, ram, etc...) to
>run. So it knows the battery voltage, which is a good indicator of overall
>battery health. It also knows how much mAh it is using, calculating it
>against what the hardware is doing at any given time. My point is that a one
>possibility is a calculation error could occur when it measures hardware
>activity, like CPU use. Maybe the CPU is at rest, but the software is
>reporting it at high activity??? This would of course give incorrect battery
>consumption readings. Just a guess, and only one possible scenario?

Thanks for that comment. I have now recognised that it is the cable
connection that is faulty (the battery usage gets reset each time I shut
the machine). So I think it is covered by a warranty.

So I've done a fresh backup.....

Meanwhile I've dug out my *other* Psion 5mx. I retired it when the
hinges showed signs of cracks.

Rebatterying it, so I have effectively a *new* Psion, I connect it to
the computer (Win98SE) which doesn't recognise this one.

My intention is to restore the back up from my current Psion to this
older one. But I can't understand why it doesn't connect. Have I missed
something obvious?

For reference, when I changed them before, I just restored the backup
from the old to the new. Can't see why I can't do the reverse. Any
ideas?

Mike
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