Hello All,

While this is not a NetBSD-specific issue, I figured I might reach a fair 
amount of Jornada users on this list who could perhaps provide some insight 
into a problem I've been having recently.

While heading out the door, I accidentally dropped my Jornada. Since then, 
PCMCIA slot has been flaky. The card I use (Orinoco Silver) would be 
detected, but it would rarely power on. It seems that physically shaking the 
Jornada would sometimes cause the card to power on okay. However, it 
typically lost power again within ten minutes or so. To clarify, this is a 
problem with the Jornada itself -- not my card.

With this information, I had my father take it apart and look for anything 
that might be obviously wrong with the device. Finding nothing, he put it 
back together. After doing so, the card seemed to power on 1/3 of the time it 
was inserted, but only for 10-20 minutes. A quick eject/insert would usually 
bring it back after a try or two. If the jornada was left untouched over 
night, the card would always remain powered through to the next day.

I'm almost positive physical use of the device (ie, a sudden jerk) was 
indirectly causing the card to lose power. While using it last night, I tried 
to click on a link with the stylus. This caused the card to lose power, and 
now it fails to work 99% of the time -- again. The LED lights on the card 
flash on and then off faintly when plugging it in, but that is all.

Do any of you know what might be responsible for this behavior, or if there 
are any published documents on the internals of the Jornada that might 
provide some insight into how I might correct this? Is it even worth 
pursuing? 

Thanks, 
-- 
Travis Poppe