HP-41CX mistake(?) installing HP-IL module

[Les Bell]

(05-25-2015 06:58 PM)MattiMark Wrote:  Any variant of resetting the 41CX totally? I understand that there is a minimum time when taking out the batteries. Can some one tell me that time?

I have a recalcitrant 16C that sometimes needs a battery removal reset; I found that it maintained a charge internally for a considerable period of time and it was best to short the battery terminals with a pair of needle-nosed pliers, or the tips of a pair of scissors if the pliers aren't handy. That always brings the beast back from the dead within a few seconds - after the batteries are reinserted, of course.

Given the similarly miserly power consumption of the 41CX, I'd try the same thing.