[ rockbox-Bugs-811527 ] *PANIC* -31 Broken Archos?

Bugs item #811527, was opened at 2003-09-24 04:42
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Category: Drivers
Group: daily build/CVS
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: *PANIC* -31 Broken Archos?

Initial Comment:
After booting with flash rom (used to work fine) I get an 
error msg -31 I ran a continuous debug until nothing 
worked. After powered on died after a second. recharger 
didn't work either, usb couldn't be hooked up. I thought 
it might be a bad charge so i drained the batt. and 
hoped for the best. tried a recharge and it tweaks out 
like a kid with terrets! ON off! ON off! Won't even power 
on. SOS! Send help.

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Comment By: Karen Holdt (ti-ana)
Date: 2003-12-31 18:41

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I had the same problem: my Jukebox (flashed with rockbox
2.1) didn't charge. I hope, someone will find a solution for
this problem.

I have a workaround: start your Jukebox by holding F1 and
the "on"-button. Now your Jukebox should start with the
original archos firmware and there you should be able to
charge your box without pulling out the batteries.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2003-12-26 20:42

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yea i have pretty much the same problem, and charged the 
batteries with an external battey charger.  No luck with 
that...still busted... any other solution?

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Comment By: Cornu (ocornu)
Date: 2003-12-25 18:09

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Any news to solve this problem ?
thanks

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Comment By: Linus Nielsen Feltzing (linusnielsen)
Date: 2003-10-28 10:33

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As I said, try to charge the batteries in an external
charger. We will fix this issue as soon as we can.

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2003-10-28 10:28

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Same problem...
ATA error -31
I think it might be too a bad charge.

After powered, some noise in archos *tac*tac* then Off.
With F1 + On, archos goes off after 3-4 sec.

When I plug it with charger, debugger begins : "master 
0x200" , battery 4.22... then Off

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2003-09-27 15:11

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Yes guys, I have just had the same problem: I flashed the 
BIOS a few months ago and everything worked fine (except 
some issues with shutting down with the charger plugged 
showing me ATA error and blocking the unit until re-plugged).

The matter is that I stored my Jukebox in a box and didn´t 
use it for several weeks so I guess batteries charge drained 
completely. Today, when I tried to start it again it didn´t 
work, so I plugged the charger... the same problem: it began 
a loop of ON-OFFs every 0.5 seconds and the Hard Disk 
making some tiny noise.
I was shocked! Was my Jukebox Dead!!!??? But, if it worked 
fine!!!
Happily I had some charged batteries stored, I put them in 
and switched on, crossed my fingers, hold my breath... and It 
worked fine again. Thanks God!

So, I think that the problem is that if the batteries are 
completely discharged the Jukebox/Rockbox is unable to start 
and charge, EVEN IF THE CHARGER IS PLUGGED!!! You need 
to have some charge in the batteries to start it all.

I don´t know if it is a Hardware or Sofrtware matter, but I 
hope this can help somebody.

Cheers.



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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Date: 2003-09-27 02:32

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I have almost the same problem with the Studio 20 it will only 
work with charger plugged in and dies immediatly on startup if 
unplugged.
HELP MME I NEED MY PLAYER!

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Comment By: Linus Nielsen Feltzing (linusnielsen)
Date: 2003-09-24 05:17

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Yes, that is a quirk with the flashed Recorder versions, at
least the earlier ones. You will need to charge the
batteries in an external battery charger, then everything
will be back to normal again.

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