HP Forum Archive 15

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My 32s brooke Message #1 Posted by Jeff Wojtkiewicz on 10 Mar 2006, 7:29 p.m. hi all, first for background..I'm not a HP "nut" but I've used my HP-32s for 6 years when I first bought it new at my campus bookstore. I actually didn't realize they were discontinued until just last year. Well I figured I was safe....... Well tragedy has struck. I kept the 32s in my laptop bag for years with no problem. A couple of weeks ago it wouldn't turn on so I figured the batteries were dead. Well today I got new batteries and it won't turn on/do anything. (I kind of suspected something was wrong b/c I never saw the low batt sign) I have no idea what caused this. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do? I have it sitting with the batteries out hoping it resets. I've tried pressing C+Ln. I can't justify buying an ebay for what they are going for since I have to use it every day. hope someone can help... Thanks Jeff

Re: My 32s brooke Message #2 Posted by Karl Schneider on 11 Mar 2006, 1:39 a.m., in response to message #1 by Jeff Wojtkiewicz Subject: "My 32s brooke" [bad pun]You should have protected it with "shields"[/bad pun] (Note to international readers: this refers to the American actress Brooke Shields...) Seriously, if the reset procedures don't work, one regular participant here runs a service at www.fixthatcalc.com. He even fixes Pioneer-series models such as the HP-32S, which weren't really designed to be disassembled and repaired. -- KS

Re: My 32s brooke Message #3 Posted by Chiu Yiu Wai on 11 Mar 2006, 6:25 a.m., in response to message #1 by Jeff Wojtkiewicz Do you try to short the battery spring with a coin?It is one of method to reset caculator the other is press "C" , "sigma+" , "sqrt x" three button at the same time

Re: My 32s brooke Message #4 Posted by Jeff on 11 Mar 2006, 11:14 a.m., in response to message #1 by Jeff Wojtkiewicz I guess I was under so much stress I didn't catch the "Brooke" Shorting the leads fixed it. I had left the batteries out for hours but I guess something was still charged up inside. Crisis averted. Thanks Jeff

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