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DigiTan
Unregistered HyperCam 2
Super Elite (Last Title)
Joined: 10 Nov 2003
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It was the government I tell ya! 
I think the expander device is exempt for two reasons. Firstly, it uses 2 independent battery sources --in addition to the "button" cell. Basically all 3 batteries would have to fail at once. Plus, the E.D. is still working normally. But I might be a *little* biased here. It might be possible that the E.D. makes the calc more vunerable to noise energy. Anyway, here are the theories...
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Static: **
Expander Problem: **
Stray Particles: **
Magnetic Field: *
Spy Satellite: *
Random Reset: *
Random Time-Space Event: *
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Iambian
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Joined: 13 Mar 2004
Posts: 423
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If you altered your SE, then it would have to be some kind of spy sattelite, since TI has many extra doo-hickies in them. But, if the OS works on both versions, then we'd have reason to suspect that both versions are in on some kind of stuff.
My guess is that your calc just happened to have some kind of radioactive dust particle enter your calc during production, and has wedged itself into the circuit board. Over time, it began reacting with the hardware, and, with a careful zapping with the spy sattelite, it communicated with the radioactive dust, which in turn, issued the "rst 0h" instruction to clear RAM.
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Or, it could just be the F.S.S. doing its job of being a predetermined events facilitator. |
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DarkerLine
ceci n'est pas une |
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Joined: 04 Nov 2003
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| Since my calc has been through doxens of these and never suffered harm, it must be something your calc has that Vera doesn't that is causing the reset - hence the E.D. |
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Adm.Wiggin
aka Tianon
Know-It-All
Joined: 02 Jun 2003
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I vote for Static+Expander.
It could easily have been a combo of both. |
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DigiTan
Unregistered HyperCam 2
Super Elite (Last Title)
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| Posted: 22 Mar 2004 09:50:13 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: It could easily have been a combo of both.
This is what I'm guessing happened too. Also, I've noticed lately the the E.D. seems to output more radio (AM) noise than I remember; especially when it's plugged into the wall. Another possibility might be keypresses--which might've happened while my backpack was on the conveyor belt. Maybe the case got squashed enough for a few buttons to get mashed.
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E.D. Problem: ****
Static: ***
Stray Particles: ***
Spy Satellite: **
Magnetic Field: *
Random Reset: *
Random Time-Space Event: *
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Darth Android
DragonOS Dev Team
Bandwidth Hog
Joined: 31 May 2003
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| Posted: 02 Apr 2004 06:07:32 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah, my calc get buttons pressed all the time through the case in my backpack. |
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kermmartian
Site Admin Kemetech
Calc Guru
Joined: 20 Mar 2004
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| Posted: 02 Apr 2004 06:39:04 pm Post subject: |
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| I think that the expander acted as a large antenna that focused any emi/xray/rf energy through the calc's power traces, thus clearing the RAM. |
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Tyler
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Joined: 29 May 2003
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| Posted: 22 Apr 2004 07:15:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Wow, you're all way past my complexity level. E.D.? I'd think static + and the battery expander at best. |
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leofox
INF student
Super Elite (Last Title)
Joined: 11 Apr 2004
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| Posted: 23 Apr 2004 10:07:58 am Post subject: |
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what's the big problem about your RAM being cleared? My ASM games clear my RAM every few hours.
Though I like the idea of a spy sattelite that connects with the Silver Edition, mostly because i have a normal TI-83 Plus, so there is at least one thing better about the non Silver model. |
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