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Kim DeVaughn
Sep 21, 2013, 10:32:08 PM9/21/13
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In getting to know my new HP Prime, I was changing a few settings such
as RPN mode, date/time, etc. In the midst of setting the minutes field,
I had to take a brief phone call (~1min). After that, the Prime was
locked-up, and wouldn't respond to any normal key-presses (Eac, Clear,
On/Off, Home, Settings, ...). None.
Now there is a nice small hole in the back, even labeled Reset, but
being familier wirh HP calcs, I figured that there should be a way to
do a reset from the keyboard. There is.
After a bit of experimentation, I found that if you press-and-hold the
"On" key, then press "Symb" (while pressing "On"), you get some kind of
reset (which cleared my hang condition). It's not a "hard" reset, as
the stack, context, some (all ?) settings do NOT get reset. I suppose
"restart" is more accurate terminology for this function.
I did not find any mention of this (or the "hard" reset) in the Quick
Start Guide (which mostly talks about using the built-in "apps", with
little about the machine itself). And sadly, I cannot find the User's
Guide at the HP website, which is refered to in the QSG a few times.
Anyone have a URL for the User's Guide ...?
/kim
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as RPN mode, date/time, etc. In the midst of setting the minutes field,
I had to take a brief phone call (~1min). After that, the Prime was
locked-up, and wouldn't respond to any normal key-presses (Eac, Clear,
On/Off, Home, Settings, ...). None.
Now there is a nice small hole in the back, even labeled Reset, but
being familier wirh HP calcs, I figured that there should be a way to
do a reset from the keyboard. There is.
After a bit of experimentation, I found that if you press-and-hold the
"On" key, then press "Symb" (while pressing "On"), you get some kind of
reset (which cleared my hang condition). It's not a "hard" reset, as
the stack, context, some (all ?) settings do NOT get reset. I suppose
"restart" is more accurate terminology for this function.
I did not find any mention of this (or the "hard" reset) in the Quick
Start Guide (which mostly talks about using the built-in "apps", with
little about the machine itself). And sadly, I cannot find the User's
Guide at the HP website, which is refered to in the QSG a few times.
Anyone have a URL for the User's Guide ...?
/kim
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"Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind."
--Marston Bates
TW
Sep 22, 2013, 3:54:46 PM9/22/13
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> I had to take a brief phone call (~1min). After that, the Prime was
> locked-up, and wouldn't respond to any normal key-presses (Eac, Clear,
> On/Off, Home, Settings, ...). None.
Well that one is a new one... :-| Please keep me advised if you see that again or anything. Definitely would like to track down what happened there.
> locked-up, and wouldn't respond to any normal key-presses (Eac, Clear,
> On/Off, Home, Settings, ...). None.
TW
Kim DeVaughn
Sep 22, 2013, 7:25:17 PM9/22/13
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setting the time after that hang. Great job on the Prime !!!
BTW, thank you for posting the link to the User's Guide over on the
hpmuseum.org website. Looks good. And FWIW, I didn't see anything
in it about the On-Symb restart trick I found.
For anyone looking, here's the link to the User's Guide TW posted
over there:
"http://h30499.www3.hp.com/hpeb/attachments/hpeb/bsc-408/13750/1/HP_Prime_User_Guide_EN.pdf"
Cheers,
/kim
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