The Last Psion | Alex4d ago

I had a dead #Psion netBook.

I say "had." It is no longer dead.

There's a fuse on the mainboard of these machines that has a habit of blowing. Researching in conjunction with @heliopolitan, we found a potential replacement. They arrived today, and with my incredibly amateurish soldering skills (and nearly losing half the screws and a nut across the carpet), I now have a working netBook!

#RetroComputing #EPOC32

Show threadAlice4d ago
@thelastpsion @heliopolitan is there any indication what might be the cause of the fuse blowing/the purpose for the fuse being on the board?
Show threadThe Last Psion | Alex

@confusionunknown @heliopolitan According to an old PDF on running Linux on the netBook, some externally powered PCMCIA cards can cause it to blow. There may be other reasons, but I don't know them.

Interestingly, the netBook Pro (the XScale/WinCE board) doesn't seem to have the fuse.

Apr 10 at 9:35pmWeb
Show threadHeliopolitan4d ago
@thelastpsion @confusionunknown I think that might indeed be the problem. I have just shorted across mine (NO I will NEVER put anything in the PCMCIA slot EVER!) but need to get me one of those G fuses to make the fix proper...