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HP Prime malfunction(s) - tjfshp - 04-19-2019 02:07 PM
Any info on how to test this calc "is it toast"? Specific: Tool Box, Prob,. Combo & Perm? Mine will not execute. Thanks in advance.
RE: HP Prime malfunction(s) - Tim Wessman - 04-19-2019 02:54 PM
Um, any info that we can possibly understand?
You basically said "It bad. Why Bad?"
RE: HP Prime malfunction(s) - tjfshp - 04-19-2019 03:43 PM
Attempting to compute a "combo or perm", I press, ON, Tool Box, 5, 2 and the display: "ERROR". Then I press OK and type "20,4" within the parenthesis: "ERROR:Syntac Error"
RE: HP Prime malfunction(s) - DrD - 04-19-2019 03:55 PM
Reset?
RE: HP Prime malfunction(s) - tjfshp - 04-19-2019 07:17 PM
More frequent within the last few weeks than cumulatively over the many years that I have owned it.
Reset via "pin hole" on the back side.
Thanks
RE: HP Prime malfunction(s) - Han - 04-19-2019 10:27 PM
(04-19-2019 03:43 PM)tjfshp Wrote: Attempting to compute a "combo or perm", I press, ON, Tool Box, 5, 2 and the display: "ERROR". Then I press OK and type "20,4" within the parenthesis: "ERROR:Syntac Error"
Could this possibly be due to your settings for fraction mark? Some folks prefer to use the comma "," symbol for their fraction mark, which usually then makes the semicolon ";" the separator symbol (in place of the comma).
RE: HP Prime malfunction(s) - tjfshp - 04-19-2019 11:45 PM
Thank you, Hans:
I investigated my "settings" to discover that "RPN" is not acceptable as an "Entry" notation. Upon switching to Algebraic....all is well.
again, thanks
RE: HP Prime malfunction(s) - mfleming - 04-20-2019 01:13 AM
(04-19-2019 11:45 PM)tjfshp Wrote: I investigated my "settings" to discover that "RPN" is not acceptable as an "Entry" notation. Upon switching to Algebraic....all is well.
RPN works for me. Try
20, ENTER, 4, Tool Box, 5, 2
4,845 (radix mark is '.')
RE: HP Prime malfunction(s) - tjfshp - 04-20-2019 10:56 AM
Good Morning MFLEMING:
Very "thank you" to you. I prefer RPN, though my quest within this forum demonstrates my ineptness.