Palm T/X screws on back?

I bought a refurb and the two halves of the case never seemed tight. On the back of the unit there are four holes, one in each corner. Could someone look at theirs and see if there are screws in those?
Thanks in advance.
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The screws are T5's.
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HP DV7 2154 Hinges Stuck/Locked in place. Cannot screw screen back in.

I am A+ and Net+ certified. I know how to fix computers. I do it for a living.
But the hinges on my dv7 are stuck so the screen would be shut... Kind of hard to screw the stupid thing back in there if I cannot adjust the brackets so I can screw it back into the chassis. I had an issue back when it was under warranty where the ac plug came unsoldered so I had to send it in, since the warranty expired I decided I might as well open her up and check it myself seeing as how it won't turn on anymore and the jack has been finicky for the past few weeks.
I don't know if this is some "clever" move by HP to make people who shouldn't be fiddling around in there break something (LCD hinge...) to void thier warranty or if hp is just like dell and lenovo and doesn't know how to make computers that intuitively come apart/go back together. Because this is just flat out stupid.
What do I need to do to "unlock" the hinge? If I use any more force to try to adjust it I will snap it.
Thanks,
soaren

soaren wrote:
I am A+ and Net+ certified. I know how to fix computers. I do it for a living.
But the hinges on my dv7 are stuck so the screen would be shut... Kind of hard to screw the stupid thing back in there if I cannot adjust the brackets so I can screw it back into the chassis. I had an issue back when it was under warranty where the ac plug came unsoldered so I had to send it in, since the warranty expired I decided I might as well open her up and check it myself seeing as how it won't turn on anymore and the jack has been finicky for the past few weeks.
I don't know if this is some "clever" move by HP to make people who shouldn't be fiddling around in there break something (LCD hinge...) to void thier warranty or if hp is just like dell and lenovo and doesn't know how to make computers that intuitively come apart/go back together. Because this is just flat out stupid.
What do I need to do to "unlock" the hinge? If I use any more force to try to adjust it I will snap it.
Thanks,
soaren
Hi,
I couldn't find any Dv7-2154 laptop but this is a user guide with how tos and replacement procedures for Dv7-2000 series laptops:
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c01689926.pdf
See page 49 for Component Replacement Procedures
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Palm Pre for Sprint Data Back Up Problem

I am having issues with data back up with my Palm Pre for Sprint - Palm webOS 1.4.1.1
I have the setting set so "On" so the data is set to back up automatically to my Palm Profile every day, however it has not backed up automatically since June 5th. I just noticed this today (June 17th), and I have tried today to manually back up the data by choosing "Back Up Data Now" button, but the screen just gets hung up indefinitely with a note saying "Preparing" without ever backing the data up.
On a related note, between June 6th & June 10th I took a trip to Canada where my phone was International Roaming - so I can understand why it might not back under those circumstances - but I returned to the US on June 10th and it has not backed up automatically since and it does not appear that it is able to back up manually either.
Has anyone had a similar issue or know what I might do to remedy this?
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Would you care to share the link to the solution? It will help anyone who searches this thread... Thanks!
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Will apple replace a macbook if it is missing screws in back?

out of no where my MacBook which is less than a year old stopped working, so i tried taking off the screws myself to see if there was something inside the computer. When i put the screws in a few of them fell out a few days later. I really need to get my computer replaced but it is missing a few screws... will this count as "damaged" and void my warranty?

Check your warranty status here > Apple - Check Your Service and Support Coverage
It's up to Apple whether or not the warranty will cover the repair cost.
Take your Mac to an Apple Store or Apple certified repair provider > Apple - Find Locations
They won't charge anything just to look at it.

Palm tungsten E2 dead

My unit fails to turn on. I have tried to recharge and it does nothing. if the battery is dead, can i get a new battery and where?
Thanks for all help
PAul
Post relates to: Tungsten E2

You can try to open up your device and remove the battery.
First of all, remember that if you open up your device and it is still under warranty, you will lose your warranty priveledges. Now, here is the information.
I copied and pasted this from another post - I hope this will help you!!
Following the suggested steps of someone named Saguasian on one of the Palm forums, I repaired my dead, out of warranty Tungsten E2 today. HOORAY!!!
· unscrewed 4 screws, being careful not to strip them (I used a very small flat-bladed (not phillips) screwdriver and used a metal file to slightly change the width of the screwdriver blade so it fit tighly into the strange star-shaped screw-head slots on the Palm's four screws).
· unsnapped the case using the heel of a plastic spoon
· carefully unhooked the Li-Ion battery from the circuit board (it has a tiny plug)
· plugged in pwr adapter...
· Palm splashscreen!!!
· Hooray!!! never thought i'd be so happy to see that screen start up... -
· unhooked pwr
· plugged Li-Ion battery back to circuit board...
· Palm splashscreen again!!!
· snapped the case back on, screws in. Presto!
The date and time was reset, but thanks to the in built memory, all my data, apps, games and hi scores were intact! - so far the Palm works like a charm and reports a full charge on the battery.
Disclaimer - I am by no means a palm technician, but I don't mind undertaking simple "fixes" on computers and other machines. So i took a chance at fixing this myself. Just thought i'd share my findings and extend my thanks for Saguastian, cos i was very frustrated that my palm quit on me in just 7 months.
Also, thanks to Gail for the caution about the small pieces to the "on button". She said if you're not careful the little pieces can come out and get lost. I put a temporary piece of cellotape over the on button just in case…
Let us know what happens!!
Good Luck!
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Nevv Palm TX will not sync my Outlook 2003 calendar

My new TX will not sync my Outlook calendar (or the Palm calendar for that matter). Will do tasks, memos, contacts.
I have re-installed the Palm software several times now. Still no luck. Here is the log from my last sync:
HotSync operation started for JeffS on 11/14/08 13:31:40
OK Quick Install
OK VersaMail
Outlook Notes
- Fast Sync
OK Outlook Notes
OK Documents To Go
Outlook Calendar
- Do Nothing
OK Outlook Calendar
Outlook Contacts
- Fast Sync
OK Outlook Contacts
Outlook Tasks
- Fast Sync
OK Outlook Tasks
-- Backing up CarrierProfiles2 to C:\Program Files\Palm\JeffS\Backup\CarrierProfiles2.PDB
-- Backing up NetworkProfiles2 to C:\Program Files\Palm\JeffS\Backup\NetworkProfiles2.PDB
-- Backing up AddIt-Content to C:\Program Files\Palm\JeffS\Backup\AddIt-Content.PDB
-- Backing up AdditMyPalm-Content to C:\Program Files\Palm\JeffS\Backup\AdditMyPalm-Content.PDB
-- Backing up AdditShop-Content to C:\Program Files\Palm\JeffS\Backup\AdditShop-Content.PDB
-- Backing up AddIt_newstips to C:\Program Files\Palm\JeffS\Backup\AddIt_newstips.PDB
-- Backing up psysLaunchDB to C:\Program Files\Palm\JeffS\Backup\psysLaunchDB.PDB
-- Backing up PmTraceDatabase to C:\Program Files\Palm\JeffS\Backup\PmTraceDatabase.PDB
-- Backing up Saved Preferences to C:\Program Files\Palm\JeffS\Backup\Saved_Preferences.PRC
-- Backing up Queries to C:\Program Files\Palm\JeffS\Backup\Queries.PDB
OK Backup
HotSync operation completed on 11/14/08 13:32:00
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Outlook Calendar
- Do Nothing
OK Outlook Calendar
Check your conduit settings and change it from do nothing to synchronize
To get to your conduit settings right click on the hotsync manager and select custom then go calendar select change and set to synchronize.
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Centro will not sync with Palm desktop - Calendar and/or Contacts

I have used a Palm device for many years. Acquired a new Centro. Upon installation of Palm Desktop (on Windows XP) that came with Centro, all contacts, calendar, to do, memos, etc transferred to the Centro during installation.
Subsequent changes to contacts and/or calendar on Centro are not syncing with Palm desktop when Hot Sync is performed. Hot Sync starts and appears to complete normally. To Do list and memos appear to sync just fine. Have tried changing conduits to have Centro overwrite desktop. Have uninstalled/reinstalled Desktop many times.
Hot Sync log:
HotSync operation started for Daniel M. Key on 07/02/08 13:35:13
OK Quick Install
OK VersaMail
OK Memos
OK Media
OK Tasks
-- Backing up MultiMail BData to C:\Palm\MD\Backup\MultiMail_BData.PDB
-- Backing up PmTraceDatabase to C:\Palm\MD\Backup\PmTraceDatabase.PDB
-- Backing up HxSyncRegistry to C:\Palm\MD\Backup\HxSyncRegistry.PDB
-- Backing up Saved Preferences to C:\Palm\MD\Backup\Saved_Preferences.PRC
OK Backup
HotSync operation completed on 07/02/08 13:35:19
Please help. Thx.
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I have a Centro/Verizon Wireless using Versamail with accounts established for personal POP and Exchange e-mail synchronization. The latter account is for work. Previously I owned a Treo 650p using Versamail.
When I first installed Palm OS Desktop and synched to my Centro device, it was on a Windows XP home computer, and no Versamail accounts were defined. First I downloaded and installed the Versamail version which allowed Exchange synchronization. I exported the Treo650p contacts list to a disk file, and imported it onto the Windows XP home computer into the Palm OS Desktop installed with the Centro-supplied CD. This synched the imported contacts list to the Centro fine. After I defined all the POP and Exchange accounts, synchronization with the office Exchange contacts list worked fine, and still does. Synchronization with the windows XP home computer for contacts seems to still be ok, too regardless of the MS Exchange Versamail account commingling with my personal POP accounts. Maybe the install sequence is overriding the previous posts' notation that MS Exchange mail definition will override synch with Palm OS Desktop?
The problem now is I have a different/second home computer that's Vista os. I installed the Palm OS Desktop and synch with the Treo. The contacts list is not synching to this second home computer, maybe because I didn't follow the exact same sequence as for the Windows XP pc? I can still synch my Centro with my Windows XP pc and that includes contacts.
Is there a way on this second pc to override the MS Exchange contacts override for synchronization without having to go through the exact same install sequence as occurred on the Windows XP machine?
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WOES: iSync, Palm Pilot, iCal, Missing Sync, Palm Desktop, Ericsson Phone

Here's my situation, I've been a long time Palm user, and fairly recently (within a year) a new Mac user. I've always used the Palm Desktop on my PC in the past. I've had a Palm Vx for years, and fairly recently (within a year) I bought a Palm Zire 72 and a Sony Ericsson S170a cell phone. I also have an iPod Photo.
I really would like to sync up my address book, calendars, memos, maybe even photos, with all my devices. I tried using iSync, but nothing seam to work right, so I tried a million things, now everything is messed up.
For right now, I'm just trying to get my Palm Pilot, the Mac, and the Phone to have all the same calendar events (w the correect times, alarms, colors, and groups).
I'm really frustrated with trying to get the mac's iCal, the palm pilot, the phone to all have the same calendar info. I really like iCal, and the mac address book, and how well it works with the mail app. As well as subscribing to shared iCals. Especially the holiday ones! I use to have to enter all that info by hand, and have them "other" repeater. The Palm Desktop software's calendar and address book is pretty clunky compared to the Mac apps, or even the Palm Desktop for the PC. But everything is messed up now. I even tried the "missing sync" software and it messed it up even worse.
Several of my cal events are now GONE from iCal, my Palm Pilot, and my Phone! Many of them have duplicates, some have wrong times. Some have right groups, some don't. The ones that do have right groups, don't have any colors applied to them. If I create certain calendars on the mac and sync with the palm, the groups do not come over. If I create them on the Palm, the groups don't come over on the mac. Getting the colors/groups to match, and all 3 items to sync all at once is a nightmare as well. There were a million conflicts, and chose the correct ones, but some of them would NOT let me pick the one I wanted, it would just keep on saying "conflict".
What would AT LEAST get me back to the original info on the Palm and the Mac would be to restore from my Palm Desktop software, but I can't get to that because it looks like the missing sync software has messed the conduit/hot sync manager up. I can no longer get to my Palm Desktop condiut settings. I'd re-install the palm software to get it back, but I will probably loose all the data stored in Palm Desktop. This is the ONLY place that has the correct info right now. I'm varry warry about loosing that information. I use to have the PC copy, and the Palm Copy, and it was all right. The Palm Desktop has an import/export feature, but it doesn't seam to carry all the info (like notes attatched to cal events).
Also, has anyone tried to RESTORE a Palm Pilot not using the Palm Desktop software? When I had to reset my Palm, I tried using iSync or even missing sync to get all my apps, settings, calendars, address books, everything, but it never put the info back on the Palm. This info was always restored with Palm Desktop.
And let's just say I DO get back all my calendar items back into the Palm, and the Palm Desktop software up and running correctly. What is the proper way to do what I was trying to do in the begining? Which was "just have my Palm Pilot, the Mac, and the Phone to have all the same calendar events (w the right times, alarms, colors, and groups)." I don't seam to have too many problems with contacts. Except work/home fields seam to swap all the time.
What I'm running:
G4 PowerMac w/ Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.3)
Palm Pilot Zire 72s (Palm Software v5.2.8)
Missing Sync (v5.0.3)
Palm Desktop Mac (v4.2.1)
Sony Ericsson S170a Cell Phone
iPod Photo 60GB
G4 PowerMac Mac OS X (10.4.3) Palm Pilot Zire 72s (Palm Software v5.2.8), Missing Sync (v5.0.3), Palm Desktop Mac (v4.2.1), Sony

Where to start? Maybe with some background about the synchronization process.
What Apple hasn't explained outside of the developer community is that you are not actually synchronizing applications [like iCal or the Address Book] or servers [like .Mac] or devices [like your mobile handset or a Palm organizer] when you initiate a synchronization. What you are really doing is triggering an interaction with one or more of these and the SyncServices engine, which maintains what is termed the 'truth database'—or simply, the 'truth'—to which is pushed, or from which is pulled, the current state of data maintained in fields and records for one or more specific data types. Because of the way this process works, it is not necessary to have all synchronized devices available or attached when a synchronization event occurs.
You can synchronize your SONY Ericsson S710a, a process which exchanges the most current data maintained in the truth with it, and hours later, plug in your iPod, an action which will trigger iTunes to pull the latest data from the truth and write it to the iPod, updating your contact and calendaring records. The same is true for other applications, servers and devices.
While it all seems clumsy and confusing, it is actually a huge step forward in making synchronization nearly automatic, almost transparent, and virtually mistake proof. It's clear that there is some distance to go before those objectives are achieved, but SyncServices is actually a huge improvement over the prior synchronization technology in iSync 1.5 and earlier.
That said, there are bugs in SyncServices, and in the applications written by several developers to take advantage of it, along with issues in at least iCal, and probably the Address Book, that complicate what you are trying to achieve. It's possible to do, and once working, should work nearly flawlessly. But, it takes some planning to get there.
First, a word about backing up your data. It's a good idea to periodically back up contact and calendaring records using the facilities built into iCal and the Address Book which appear in the File menu of each application. These options make easily restorable local snapshots of your data. Should something go terribly wrong with a synchronization event, you can immediately restore your iCal or Address Book data from these files. In addition, it's a good idea to have a more comprehensive backup plan in place, using Backup and .Mac, Backup and rewritable media, and so on.
To synchronize photos, music and other media files, you'll need to use the Missing Sync for Palm OS. iSync just does not support anything beyond contact, calendaring and task data. To begin the process, you should simplify your device pool, initially concentrating only on getting a complete, accurate set of contact, event and task records pushed to the truth from the Address Book and iCal, and onto your Palm.
You will have to take an inventory of where the best records reside, and insure that you get them into iCal and the Address Book before attempting to synchronize your Palm, because to do it properly, initially, you will have to overwrite the data on your Palm, replacing it with records from iCal and the Address Book. If you're going to edit them by making additions, changes and deletions, perform all of those in iCal and the Address Book until you have synchronized your Palm device or devices with them. Backup before performing the initial synchronization, and be sure to overwrite each Palm device the first time.
If you want a historic snapshot of the data on either Palm device before doing this, first follow the instructions provided by Mark/Space to use the standard Palm conduits instead of Mark/Space Contacts, Events and Tasks, and be sure to set each Palm conduit to Palm overwrites handheld in order to transfer the data from your Palm Vx and Zire 72 to the Palm Desktop. Once there, those records can be exported as vCard and vCal files, and easily imported into the Address Book and iCal if you wish to do that. Edit them as you see fit, once they have been transfered. If you elect to do that, you must thereafter turn off these Palm conduits and reconfigure the Missing Sync to use the Mark/Space conduits, again choosing to have your computer replace the contents on each Palm device on the first synchronization.
Once you've achieved a 'balance' with the records in iCal, the Address Book and your handheld organizers, you can reset the records on your mobile handset. iSync alone performs this function, and later synchronization events with your SONY Ericsson S710a will always be manually triggered, and performed using iSync, not the Missing Sync. Reset once, and subsequently synchronize.
Anything else you want to add to the mix—.Mac Sync, for example—you can then add, initially performing a reset of your .Mac data, then subsequently synchronizing.
Synchronization of your iPod is handled by iTunes and only pulls data from the truth, so it need not be reset, as it cannot write changes to the truth which would adversely affect your other devices.

Centro will not Sync with Palm Desktop

I have removed all Palm references from laptop as suggested in: Community Help Forums : Hardware & Software : Software : Re: Syncs fine -- missing all data in Desktop App with no luck.
( http://forums.palm.com/palm/board/message?board.id=software&message.id=35331&query.id=1042#M35331 )
I have a Windows Vista, downloaded Hotsync Manager 7.0.2 and all data (contacts/calendar) from Palm Centro will not appear in Palm Desktop. I have made sure that:
1. user name in Hotsync is the same as is in Palm Desktop
2. tried different user name (suggested "Test" ) with no luck
3. changed name of device through "prefs" icon (at least, in Bluetooth, Device Name is "Palm Centro") I am unable to find another option to change the name of the device for syncing purposes if it is not through Bluetooth
Any other suggestions? I have made entries into te Palm Desktop calendar, do a Hotsync and the entries from the Palm Desktop entries are not appearing into the Palm Centro, and the Centro's contacts and calendar entries are not showing up in the Palm Desktop.
Any suggestions will be greatly appreaciated!
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Post relates to: Centro (Verizon)

Do you have the Centro set to sync with Microsoft Outlook by mistake? Look in Outlook and see if your info is there.
If it is, you can run a simple program in your Start/All programs/Palm/PIM Conduit Sync/Sync with Palm Desktop to switch it back.
Wyrenut
Post relates to: Centro (AT&T)
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Can't open palm desktop user data

I just upgraded from a Palm m515 to a Tungsten T3. I followed the directions for this on the Palm website.
To make a long story short, I have a copy of my data on the tungsten, and a copy on the m515 - but nothing I can access on the desktop! I have several backups, under several user names, at this point. I have desktop v. 4.3.1 rev.D installed (after many uninstalls and installs). I can open the desktop application to an empty file, but when I try to switch to a user with my data in it, the application hangs and I have to force quit.
I created a new user in the palm desktop, called "New" and did a hotsync with the tungsten. Now "New" won't open in the desktop, either.
I'm aware of the change in conduit names from Datebook to Calendar, Addresses to Contacts, etc, and from another thread learned that I should put the old conduits in a disabled conduits folder, so I did that. So I guess that means I can't use the m515 as the data source...
I really don't know what to do to get my palm desktop application - with data - back. I can't use iCal and Address book exclusively because I need the memo pad with categories. I have a current copy of all my palm addresses in the Apple address book, and a three week old copy of the calendar in iCal (so I'd like not to have to use that version of the calendar data.)
I really hope someone can give me step-by-step instructions that tell me what to do to get out of this fix. It doesn't seem like it should be this hard!
Powerbook G4 17 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Both the old and new conduits can coexist in the active Conduits folder. This is an exception to the general rule that no two conduits can synchronize the same data type simultaneously. So, you should return the original four—the Datebook Conduit for calendaring data, the Address Conduit for contact data, the Memo Conduit and the ToDo Conduit for task data—to your active folder. The HotSync Manager will properly choose to use the appropriate set for each device.
You can simultaneously synchronize both your m515 and your Tungsten T3, but they must have different HotSync names. To move the data from your m515, use the Palm conduits set to Handheld overwrites Macintosh to move a copy of all of your data from the m515 to the Palm Desktop. Then export a copy of each of the four data types using the Palm Desktop format.
Create a new empty user with a unique HotSync name for the Tungsten T3, and import each of the files into that user. Set your conduits to Macintosh overwrites Handheld, and synchronize only your Tungsten. That will move a copy of all of the m515 data stored in the Palm Desktop during your import, on the Tungsten handheld organizer.
At that point, you can reset your conduits to Synchronize, and continue to synchronize both devices, or you can move from the Palm Desktop to iCal and the Address Book, using either iSync, or the Missing Sync for Palm OS to synchronize one or both devices.

Can't install Palm on Windows XP

I had a previous Palm version for my old Sony, and Office 2000. Uninstalled Office, installed Office 2003, and tried to uninstall Palm (in Control Panel Add/Remove software) but got error ms. installing the new Palm OS failed so I deleted the old directory and retried. Downloaded PalmDesktopWin62, which also fails to install. Two error messages: "A version of PalmOS Desktop is installed for another Windows user, if you wish to do an upgrade install please log in as that user then run installer." But I am the only user...
next message "The Wizard was interruped before Palm Desktop by ACCESS could be completely installed. Your system has not been modified. To install later, run again..."
I'm stuck. Thanks for any help resolving this. ~Jim
Post relates to: Palm TX
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Sounds like you may need to do a "Clean Uninstall" of Palm Desktop to get things back to normal.
Please view the sticky post at the top of this section:
http://forums.palm.com/palm/board/message?board.id=windows_hotsync&thread.id=43307&jump=true
WyreNut
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Palm 130 - Desktop application won't open

Hi, I am new to the help forum. I have had a palm 130 for years and never had trouble until recently. My palm died, and I got a new one, actually a couple for different family members (from e-bay). Once the new ones were put on the computer, now the desktop application will not open. I can still hotsync etc... but the desktop will not open, get message: failed to open address book database, then you get the choice to send message or not, then all you can do is close down. Any help would be appricated.
Post relates to: Palm m130

There may be corruption in the database that will not allow you to open Palm desktop.
Please respond back with these questions answered so we can further assist you.
OS of your PC? Vista, XP or Mac?
Using Outlook or Palm Desktop?
Version of Palm Desktop?

Syncing a Palm V with a MacBook OS X 10.5.6

I have just upgraded from a Mac Powerbook G4 running OS X 10.4 to a MacBook running OS X 10.5.6. I had been able to sync my Palm V with the Powerbook without any problem. I am not able to get the sync to work on the MacBook. Can anyone provide a solution?
Post relates to: Palm V
Post relates to: Palm V

So I just got back from working with the Mac Genius on the syncing problem. I took both my PowerBookG4 and my MacBook. He pointed out the when I connected the USB travel sync device to the PowerBookG4 while HotSync/Conduitsettings was open, there appeared an icon called "serial connection" which DID NOT appear in the conduitsettings list on the MacBook (only USB and PalmConnect). Obviously this other icon "serial connection" is needed to make the sync work. So... why does it not appear when the USB cable is connected to the PowerBook?
Well, his theory (assuming that the Palm software is working exactly the same on each) is that something is preventing the Palm software from connecting to the handheld (and hence popping up that serial icon) and didn't think it was on the Mac side for the following reasons... He pointed out that when you go into system profiler on the MacBook is DOES show a serial connection that is definitely the USB travel/sync connector (we confirmed that by plugging and unplugging and there was a definite recognition) and it DOES power the device. Hence we can assume that the port is open and ready to receive... that it's not the MacBook port or drivers that are causing the problem.
He thought the engineering of the travel USB sync cable might be such that its drivers (he said it would have drivers) were somehow not compatible and not allowing the handheld to talk to the computer. He suggested talking to the manufacturer to see if there was a later version, or perhaps a more updated cable made by Palm or someone else that has a USB connection that might work.
Another test he suggested is to get a serial to USB connector onto the original (heavy) handheld cradle (which only has a serial connector) and see if the original cradle, when put into a USB connector is capable of talking to the MacBook.
That's were I am so far... Anything from your side?
Graham
Post relates to: Palm V

Upgrading Palm 3Com III from OS 3.0.2 to 3.3

I am attempting to upgrade the OS on an old Palm III that still works very well for me. I have had it for 10 years and I do not need to upgrade hardware. I am using the following Palm OS upgrade:
PalmOS330_ENG_PalmIII.exe
When I get to the backup data phase, I am able to hotsync and then the reset handheld button pops up on my Palm. When I reset my palm the startup screen comes back garbled, and when I hit next on the upgrade utility on my computer I get the following message:
"Encountered an error preparing to flash the handheld - couldn't attach to the handheld. Timeout error."
The upgrade utility closes and I then have to reset the palm manually with the reset button.
Am I missing a file or step in this process?
Jeff
Post relates to: Palm III

Updating your system to 9.1 or newer is necessary to run the firmware updater, and it is also necessary if you want to have a Classic environment for Mac OS X. You also need to have at least 256MB RAM and 5GB free or 512MB RAM and 4GB free on the hard disk to create a minimal Mac OS X system and operate it effectively. If you will be using CPU-intensive applications or creating large libraries, such as for iTunes or iPhoto, more RAM and disk space may be needed.
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Syncing with iCal: Need the local calendar to override palm

I want to find out if you can specify for the calendar on my computer to override what is on .mac and on my Palm Pilot. Basically, I make most of my changes on my computer, and when I go to sync I don't see an option for the calendar locally to override the others. When I sync with my Palm or .mac, it adds back in all the changes I have made locally.

Michael Lafferty wrote:
The conduit Apple is the iSync Palm Conduit: that's its Finder name.
Ah, I see.
There are many thing which can cause the null issue to arise. Chief among them is a lack of available storage space on your Palm device itself. Typically this can only be corrected by overwriting the contents of your organizer by initiating a first time synchronization and selecting that option, following a reset of the synchronization framework on your Macintosh.
Eek - I have a fair bit of stuff on there I don't want to lose, since I usually use the Treo for taking notes at business meetings and that sort of thing. Maybe I can find a way of getting my notes out by copying into notes fields in the address book... (I haven't been able to get Memos to sync since I stopped using Entourage, and Documents have never synced, so I'm kind of used to kludgy workarounds for getting at those.)
It makes sense that the lack of space would be an issue, since this really only started when the Treo got too full, and while I've been able to delete enough stuff to at least enable to HotSync in theory, obviously it wasn't enough for it to sync everything properly.
You mentioned two machines - are you synchronizing your Palm device with BOTH, or with just one of these platforms? The synchronization to multiple platforms may also result in the sort of issue that you are seeing.
Two machines? I don't think I said anything like that... Maybe the way I described the multiple conduits folders was confusing? They're all on the same machine, just that one's in the main Library and one's in the Library in my user folder. The only machine I sync it to is my iMac.
I've been going through and deleting what files I feel like I can safely delete, in order to free up some space in hopes that that will help, but on the whole, I am starting to suspect that the long-range solution to this whole problem might be getting an iPhone instead. :-/

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