Palm Life Drive Completely Dead

I'm reading a lot of posts in a large number of places. Many people indicating complete dissatisfaction with the Life Drive. I've used my since my wife got it for me a few years ago at about $500.00. Mine is completely DEAD. Will not do anything, will not turn on. Nothing. I'm wondering, since there are a lot of post about this is there anyone who has gotten theirs repaired and if so where did they go to get it repaired. I hate to throw away $500 but I'm wondering if it's worth it. Many people has expressed complete disatisfaction with dealing with Palm. Does anyone make a unit that is comparable to the Life Drive that I might look into?
Post relates to: LifeDrive

Hello Neptune180 and welcome to the Palm forums.
You might want to check with UsedPDAParts.com. They repair Palm's LifeDrive PDA.
Alan G
Post relates to: Treo 755p (Sprint)

Similar Messages

My palm life drive wont load

Hi all and thanks in advance for any help recently my palm life drive has stopped loading i turned it off one night and in the morning i turned it on but it got stuck on the palm logo and wont go any further ive tried everything i can think of ive tried hard resetting and soft and both have the same result it gets stuck even when left plugged in throughout the process any help or advice and anyone know how much a repair costs?
Post relates to: LifeDrive

i was afraid of that, but i cant work out what i did wrong :/ i always ejected the drive, i used it earlier today and transfered 30GB worth of files and it worked, then i had it in my pocket and went out.. came back and when i tried to use it again after a few hours it just did not want to work and i tried everything..
i guess ill just have to go buy a new 64GB one this time lol ad be extra careful

Palm Life Drive

I heard the Life Drive will be discontinued? Is that true? I was at Staples when I was told this. Is a better version coming out or were there flaws in the Life Drive?
Thanks!
Post relates to: LifeDrive

Iris05 wrote:
Does Palm realize the problems with the life drive. I have always thought of the palm company as being very reliable but my palm life drive is not turning on though the light says its okay. I would like some one to email me if possible what should I do with it. Itdidn't make any noise. It just wont turn oin. The green light is showing me that it is charged but it still won;t turn on. I need a fast answer please email me what I can do next. Thank you. I am new to the forum.
The LifeDrive was discontinued many years ago... It was a great device, but suffered from the fragility of the 4gig Hard Drive inside it.
Repairs can be found at usedpdaparts.com or pdaparts.com. Usedpdaparts.com offers a "LifeFlash" upgrade that removes the broken Hard Drive, and replaces it with a Compact Flash card slot that has a 4gig card inside it. PalmOS is reloaded on it, and you end up with a reliable device!
WyreNut
I am a Volunteer here, not employed by HP.
You too can become an HP Expert! Details HERE!
If my post has helped you, click the Kudos Thumbs up!
If it solved your issue, Click the "Accept as Solution" button so others can benefit from the question you asked!

Palm life drive dead?

I'm having trouble with my palm lifedrive. I turned it on this morning and all I get is the Palmone screen and I'm unable to do anything. I tried a hard and soft rest. No luck. Just the same screen and a scratchy noise. Is my palm dead. What can I do? How can I replace it?
Post relates to: LifeDrive

When you did the hard reset did you get the erase all data message?
Have you tried a warm reset to see if a 3rd party app. or corruption on the device may be causing the issue?
Click on the following link to the kb.palm.com webpage for the article regarding reset procedures.
http://www.palm.com/cgi-bin/cso_kbURL.cgi?ID=887
If you need to get the device repaired you can call Palm handheld support at 866-935-7256 to setup a repair.
Click on the following link for the support page for your device on the kb.palm.com webpage.
http://www.palm.com/us/support/lifedrive/
There are links on the page to the user guide, troubleshooting, how to's, downloads, etc.
Post relates to: Palm i705

DVD drive completely dead

My DVD/CD drive has gone dead ... it no longer takes discs at all.
Also, when I open my macbook to wake it up, it used to make a noise and it no longer does that .. nor does it make any noise when I hit the eject button.
What do I do to fix it? and if I can't and I have to send it in to apple, what are my chances of having my data erased?

Did you recently install the 2.1 superdrive firmware? That did the same thing to my MacBook. The Applecare guys told me to reboot the hardware (didn't fix it) so now I have to take it in to be replaced.

Is my drive completely dead, or just half dead?

Hi,
I have two internal hard drives, a main one, and a back-up. The back-up drive is the original drive that came with the G4, it failed a couple of years ago, I had it repaired and a new, bigger drive installed in its place. I used the back-up drive to (surprise) back up my stuff, and I'd also partitioned it to hold OS9.2.2.
Yesterday, I froze and had to restart. Nothing unusual happened after the restart, everything seemed normal. This morning when I turned my Mac on, the icons for my back-up drive and the OS9 partition didn't appear on my desktop.
Did a few tests to determine if I could access the drive in anyway, I can't. Drive Genius and Data Rescue can't see the drive, which doesn't bode well. It also doesn't show up in System Profiler's ATA tree.
So, my question is, is this drive well and truly dead? And is there ANY way I can get the files off it? As it was only my back-up drive, it isn't absolutely vital I recover everything, as I've got the original files, but it would be kind of nice to get stuff back. There was some older archived stuff on there that I'd like to keep. If it's going to cost a lot of money it isn't worth it though.
Thanks for any help!

Hi, Agasucci -
Data Rescue is designed to be able to access a drive that is mechanically sound but refuses to mount for some reason. If Stat Rescue can not 'see' the drive, that would indicate the drive is no longer mechanically sound. This could include stuck platters (stiction), a dead drive motor, or something has failed on the circuit board in the drive, preventing the drive from being able to communicate.
It could also include a loose cable - power or data. I would check those, make sure the connections are sound.
Check the jumpers also. For your model, Master and Slave jumper settings should be used, not Cable Select.
If the cables and jumpers are okay, and the drive still won't mount in either OS, I'd consider it to be dead and replace it.

Palm life drive circa 2005 and Universal keyboard

Hello all,
Hope you can help me. Is it possible that there is a Turkish driver for the universal keyboard.
The exisisting key board has a set number of alternative characters, but not enough for my needs.
of C and S cedilla, O and U umlaut and line above a letter G with a further G as normal.
Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Peter
Post relates to: LifeDrive

One alternative to the Tasks application is Outline Tracker which has knobs to open items with content text, and multiple projects, which should fill your need for multiple to-do lists. It does not currently have priorities, though.

What is the best way to recycle 2010 MacBook? Also, it is completely dead and cannot erase hard drive.

What is the best way to recycle old 2010 MacBook? Also, it is completely dead and I cannot erase hard drive.

Depending on where you are located, country, region, etc, you may have options should
you wish to have it professionally restored or repaired to function properly again...
Even an Apple Store with Genius bar could, in several locations, give the product a look
and perhaps be able to diagnose the underlying issues. However that varies with the
degree of failed components and what is really wrong with it. A battery and a new HDD
could be all that's wrong with it. A diagnostic is often free, even on out-of-warranty Mac
at the Apple Store genius bar; an appointment is advised.
However if you only wanted someone to extract the hard disk drive and attach it to
a 'universal USB drive adapter kit' so at to try and access any readable files on it,
that is something that could be done at an Apple Authorized service provider; as
some of them may even have a section of resale products such as this adapter kit.
An example of this kind of kit includes wires, adapter parts, & a separate power supply
so it can be used to run the hard drive's electronics. This is not intended for permanent
use, but works like a set of patch cables to access the bare drive without an enclosure.
https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/Universal-Drive-Adapter/IF107-108-1
Another kit example says it'd work with almost any HDD or SSD of several build types:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/U3NVSPATA/
Companies that specialize in restoring Apple portable computers can give you an estimate
on a repair and the good ones can do that without a fee; they will not start a repair after they
see the computer until you get the estimate, and approve of the repair. If other items are
found to be of interest requiring other work or parts, they will also contact you, again before
continuing. One of these kinds of companies I know about (half a hemisphere away) is in
the eastern US, and worth inquiring of even if you are overseas. wegenermedia.com.
While I have no connection with any of these products or service suggestions, they do have
some variety of good reputation (ifixit.com has DIY repair guides; macsales has parts, etc.)
in standing, among many Mac users across a section of the planet...
Any concerns about the data on the hard disk drive should be able to be answered by a
local Apple independent; they also should have the universal USB drive adapter locally.
Not sure if I answered your inquiry, but there are different ways of approaching this matter.
Good luck & happy computing!
edited

My iPhone 4 is completely dead and won't charge, turn on, no signs of life!

My iPhone 4 is completely dead and won't charge, turn on, no signs of life! What to do???

Was late to work because my alarm didn't go off on my iPhone this morning! (4 w/ IOS 5) When I woke up, I went to check my phone and it wouldn't turn on; so I plugged it in to the charger and no response. I left it plugged in while I was getting ready...came back a shortwhile later...still no signs of life. At that point, I held both buttons for several seconds and the apple logo appeared and the lock screen displayed shortly thereafter. And what's odd, is that it showed that I had about 80% of battery life left. So it seems like something else caused it to shutdown completely. One note though...I updated to IOS 5 on Sunday...and I've used my phone ever since with no problems. So this is the first time this has happened since the update.
In looking at a thread on another site, I found this excerpt from an alleged beta tester back in June...and it was in reference to the iPad 2 with IOS 5, but seemed plausible enough to share here:
Issue: "Hey guys, whenever my iPad 2 is locked for a while, it wont wake from sleep. I have to give it a hard reset. Is anyone else having this issue?"
Response: "I think I isolated the issue....make sure banner notifications are turned off for mail app. If the screen is locked and you get a mail it freezes up causing you to reboot. hope it gets fixed in the next beta!"
Follow-up: "Did it help you at all? I tried recreating every way I could think of with mail and never could. I'll turn of mail notifications for the rest of the night and see what happens."
"Hey Rick, yes it helped, my iPad no longer shuts off. I turned off mail banner notifications like Defender2010 said, and at least for now, it doesn't turn off anymore."

Life drive trouble

I had a Palm One Life Drive given to me by my mother and she said she could not get it to turn on. I got it to turn on but the only thing that shows up is the start up screen and then it goes black and repeats it. This is all it will do. My computer has tried to sync with it and I get this message: "One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it."
Is it totally broken or is there hope? I'm not attached to it or anything but it would be cool to play with or let my kids play with it.
Post relates to: LifeDrive

Hi landzgirl, the LifeDrive had a fragile tiny harddrive in it that was prone to failure after time.
This may be the case with you device.
You can try a Hard Reset as a last resort to revive it:
To perform a Hard Reset: (Palm Knowledgebase article #887)
http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/common/article/887_en.html
While pressing and holding the Power button down, tap and release the Reset button in back and continue to hold the Power button down. When the grey Palm logo appears, you can release the Power button.
You should now see the warning page in about 5 languages. Press the UP direction on the 5-way pad to complete the task. Your Palm will reset itself several times as it re-installs the original programs and erases all your previous data.
There are websites that will repair a LifeDrive. Directfix.com is one, google for others.
EDIT: Just realized my touchpad changed LifeDrive to LifeTime! :/
WyreNut
I am a Volunteer here, not employed by HP.
You too can become an HP Expert! Details HERE!
If my post has helped you, click the Kudos Thumbs up!
If it solved your issue, Click the "Accept as Solution" button so others can benefit from the question you asked!

IPod 40 gb click wheel completely dead!

I bought an iPod (40gb click wheel) in September 2004 for the grand sum of £299 – so it isn’t even 2 years old! It has totally died. Firstly in June it refused to be identified by my Dell computer; then it corrupted a part of the software in my computer which identifies my DVD/CD drive. I had that fixed by Dell – thank goodness it didn’t do any further damage! As a result of not being recognised by my computer I was unable to add additional tunes to it. The iPod was still working but then started to make lots of noises. It then stopped working altogether and produced the folder with!. I phoned the support line in early July and was told that there are several articles on the web site which could help – I followed the recommendations and it still continued to try to re-boot itself. I was also told that getting it fixed would cost me £166 as the one year warranty had run out !!!! (Surely it should last longer than that – also I can buy something new which is more reliable for less than that!) The last stage was the final appearance of the apple logo, a black screen and now it is completely dead. It refuses to charge up with the battery and I’m absolutely livid. It doesn’t warrant being fixed. I hearby plan to return this lump of rubbish to Apple as I was on the verge of throwing it away but didn’t want to pollute the environment with whatever nasties lie within.

I've got the same problem mate. The clickwheel started to ge dead in places like around skip forward track area, (which was annoying to say the least.) But the other day it completely died, now it tries to start up showing the apple logo, then you can hear inside the hardrive spin up then a loud click then it tries this again about 5 times before showing the support website.
Ive probably had the ipod for about 2 years.
Annyoing since its a 40gb ipod and i've barely filled up 13gb. I might take it into see what the shop says but i sort of know its gonna be not worth repairing. Plus the video ipods are looking really good.

How do I know if my drive is dead?

I have a pioneer dvr-112D and it has stopped reading/writing CD-R, writing DVD. It can only read dvd.
It trys to spin the cds but then ejects the disc.
How do I know if it's completely dead?
Thanks guys

Hi-
The Archive and Install, is a reinstall of your OS without loosing your user items (no reformatting of the hard drive).
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120
If you do so, make sure you select "preserve user settings".
One more question- did the drive work BEFORE the update to 10.4.9? The reason why I ask, is there were many problems, of all kinds, but many related to sudden "death" of combo drives, al occurring after the 10.4.9 update.
The solutions were-
1- Reinstall (Archive and Install) of the OS X, then update from "Combo" updates downloaded from Apple download site;
2- Reapply the update only (no reinstall of the OS X), using the Combo updater downloaded from the Apple download site;
3- Downgrading, or, moving back to 10.4.8, or the last version of the OS X before the problem occurred.
Without doing the A&I, you could try the reapplication of the update:
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx1049comboupdateppc.html
There is also a new update, 10.4.10, which is supposed to have fixed some of 10.4.9's problems:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/macosx_updates/macosx10410updateppc. html
When updating, it is best to do so from a downloaded copy- not by automatic update.
Recommended update proceedure, after downloading the update:
1-Repair hard drive and permissions (using Disk Utility)
2-Clean caches and log files (use Cocktail, Tiger Cache Cleaner, or manually with Terminal)
3-Restart, and boot in Safe Mode (hold Shift key on startup, until spinning gear appears)
4-Run the Update only, with no other applications open
If the drive had problems before the 10.4.9 update, it may be safe to assume the demise of the drive (unlucky).
G4AGP(450)Sawtooth, 2ghz PowerLogix, 2gbRAM, 300gbSATA+160gbATA, ATI Radeon 9800 Mac OS X (10.4.8) Pioneer DVR-109, ExtHD 160gb x2, 23"Cinema Display, Ratoc USB2.0, Nikon Coolscan

How do you boot from an external drive when internal drive is dead?

The internal drive is dead, but I have a complete dupolicate on my fire-wire external drive. I think I remember reading that there is a combination of keys to press down when starting to allow one to choose which drive to use as a startup volume. As it is, the thing won't start up at all.
So I know it's supposed to run from the external drive, but how do you get it to boot from it without having designated it as the startup when it was last running?

Hold down the Option key when booting the computer.
When I asked the question I was working on my daughter's ibook.
Now I'm back home and I have a firewall external drive, so I tried pressing option when I started and icons for startup drive come up BUT there is only one icon -- that being for my internal drive. I know that the external drive, which has a duplicate of the internal, is capable of starting it up ok, because when I go ahead and , after starting it up on the internal drive, then pick the external drive to start and then restart it, it goes to the external drive ok. But again, if it has been preferrenced to start on the internal drive and I do the thing by pressing with option when I start, it doesn't give me the option to use the external drive. (The external drive is partioned, and the duplicate startup is in one of the volumes, but I don't think this should have anything to do with anything, since it can start up using the appropriate external hard drive volume when I have selected it in my preferences.)
G4 tower Mac OS X (10.3.9)
G4 tower Mac OS X (10.3.9)

My Iphone 4s shuts off once it drops below 20% battery as if its completely dead. Before the update it would stay on until at least 5% or less.

I have updated my phone to the most recent but now my phone will randomly shut off after it drops below about 20% battery life... tonight I was at 21% and it shut off as if it was completely dead. Yesterday it died completely at 13%. It doesn't turn back on until it is plugged in and sometimes it will pop back on immediately after being plugged in. Is there a way to fix this or does another small update to fix this have to come out?

I have the same issue. I think it may be related to cold weather. I am now inside writing this without plugging it in immediately after it repeatedly shut off outside with ~18% battery. This is really bad. It almost left me stranded as I was expecting to call for a ride.
iPhone 4S, iOS 6.0.1, Sprint

SBH80 headphones completely dead!

Hi I got headphones yesterday and switched on and paired with iPhone 4S no problem. Then tried to use them but the headphones appeared to have switched off. Realised I might need to charge so did overnight but still nothing no light, no vibration, no sign of life. I've attempted to reset but still nothing they are completely dead. Any ideas please?

So did you press the button for about 5 seconds?
http://userguide.sonymobile.com/referrer.php?region=global-en&product=stereo-bluetooth-headset-sbh80...
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us - J.R.R. Tolkien

Palm Life Drive Completely Dead

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for