More a warning than anything else.
I've "popped" the main board on my iPaq by plugging it into the GS outlet BEFORE starting the bike. It was sitting there showing a GPS signal while I pulled my gloves on.
Press the starter button - bike starts - iPaq goes blank.
Back at work, I go through all the diagnostics with a chap at HP in India they "diagnose" that it's bostid, contact your local HP service centre - its two weeks out of warranty. I'd already tried all the soft/hard/really hard reset procedures.
Got in touch with www.ipaqrepair.co.uk. I thought it might be a charge circuit problem but Nathan said it was the main board - I'd got solid blue and orange lights on - indicating that the charge circuit was working but there was a SERIOUS problem.
He said that this is usually caused by incorrect polarity or poor surge suppression - typically in car adaptors.
I'm using the TomTom car kit but there is nothing to say this is any worse than other adaptors (TomTom actually supply 12v to he cradle) and the car cradle has its own, internal, power regulation - but to what standard?
So, be warned, a friend tells me that the reverse EMF from starter motor windings can cause spikes up to 40 volts - the battery is used as the sink for these - but they can cause serious problems with electronic devices.
I'll get him to check the TomTom cradle for surge protection while I stump up £130 for a new iPaq motherboard so's I can find my way round France over Easter.
Mark
I've "popped" the main board on my iPaq by plugging it into the GS outlet BEFORE starting the bike. It was sitting there showing a GPS signal while I pulled my gloves on.
Press the starter button - bike starts - iPaq goes blank.
Back at work, I go through all the diagnostics with a chap at HP in India they "diagnose" that it's bostid, contact your local HP service centre - its two weeks out of warranty. I'd already tried all the soft/hard/really hard reset procedures.
Got in touch with www.ipaqrepair.co.uk. I thought it might be a charge circuit problem but Nathan said it was the main board - I'd got solid blue and orange lights on - indicating that the charge circuit was working but there was a SERIOUS problem.
He said that this is usually caused by incorrect polarity or poor surge suppression - typically in car adaptors.
I'm using the TomTom car kit but there is nothing to say this is any worse than other adaptors (TomTom actually supply 12v to he cradle) and the car cradle has its own, internal, power regulation - but to what standard?
So, be warned, a friend tells me that the reverse EMF from starter motor windings can cause spikes up to 40 volts - the battery is used as the sink for these - but they can cause serious problems with electronic devices.
I'll get him to check the TomTom cradle for surge protection while I stump up £130 for a new iPaq motherboard so's I can find my way round France over Easter.
Mark
