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My wife charged her U.S.A. 120V Palm Pilot in an Australian 240V outlet....
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Mar 2, 2005, 10:08 PM
 
...now it won't turn on.

Can it be fixed, or should I start looking for a new one? (the palm pilot, not the wife).

lw
     
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Mar 2, 2005, 10:14 PM
 
Chances are it's toast. That said, the first thing I'd suspect is the adapter, not the Palm itself. Most of the time a power supply is overloaded, it "sacrifices" itself to save the device it's powering.

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Mar 2, 2005, 11:19 PM
 
Originally posted by tooki:
Chances are it's toast. That said, the first thing I'd suspect is the adapter, not the Palm itself. Most of the time a power supply is overloaded, it "sacrifices" itself to save the device it's powering.

tooki
Way to go, Tooki!!!

After reading your post ran to the store and purchased a car-adapter (the cheapest "power supply" here) and the PDA is working again!

Thanks,

lw
     
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Mar 5, 2005, 08:10 AM
 
I'm amazed Palm doesn't include multi voltage power supplies.
     
   
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