JIAW/Anon,

Remove the back of the GS800M. Check the two wires from the batteries
to the main circuit board.

IIRC: There is a mechanical interupt/disconnect switch built into the
External 9VDC Jack on the back of the GS800M; for the ACDC Power
Adapter. There could be a problem with this built-in-switch.


mttidnk ~ RHF
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= = = "Jenni_is_a_Whore"
= = = wrote in message news:cHhmb.4807$d87.2704@okepread05...
I got my Satellit 800 back from R.L. Drake today with a brand new encoder.
But now, for some reason, I can't get the damn thing to run off the
batteries. They are in there correctly (I know I killed a lot of brain
cells in college, but still...) I had no problems with the batteries before
I sent it off. Could Drake have screwed up something related to the battery
power supply while fixing the encoder? Also, the "." key is sticking a
little bit too, which I also don't remember happening before I sent it off.
Does replacement of the encoder require some work with the keypad?

Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.