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42S Hope it' not dying Message #1 Posted by Chuck on 19 Feb 2012, 11:24 p.m. It's too late to track down batteries at the moment, but my trusty 42S for the last 15 years or so, had a horizontal line halfway across the screen and was unresponsive. Took the batteries out and put back in. Now it only lightly beeps when I press ON (descending frequency each time). Does this sound like failing batteries? Hopefully after 15 years it's just batteries and not a complete meltdown. CHUCK

Re: 42S Hope it' not dying Message #2 Posted by David Griffith on 20 Feb 2012, 4:35 a.m., in response to message #1 by Chuck I've known other things to make a descending beep when the voltage was getting low. Try the obvious solution first.

Re: 42S Hope it' not dying Message #3 Posted by Chuck on 20 Feb 2012, 11:55 a.m., in response to message #2 by David Griffith It was the batteries and I'm back in business. I guess every 10-15 years one needs a fresh set of batteries. After that long you kind of forget and think the worst when something out of the ordinary happens. C

Re: 42S Hope it' not dying Message #4 Posted by David Griffith on 20 Feb 2012, 4:24 p.m., in response to message #3 by Chuck I'm glad to hear things are well there.

Re: 42S Hope it' not dying Message #5 Posted by Luiz C. Vieira (Brazil) on 20 Feb 2012, 4:55 p.m., in response to message #1 by Chuck Hi. A few days ago I heard what sounded like a faint digital clock alarm coming from a small pile of Pioneers (two HP42S, two HP17BII and one HP27S). I took one by one till I found an HP42S thinking it was a watch. I took the batteries off and found one of them with -0.24Vcc (reversed polarity, yep!). After replacing them for new, fresh ones, a [Memory Clear] announced it was back to its very own nature. Good to know yours is OK, too. Cheers. Edited: 20 Feb 2012, 4:56 p.m.

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