Rats

My PDA appears not to be working any more. I am not pleased.

Last night, I wanted to synchronise some files, but since the battery was still mostly charged, I didn't want to charge it as well, so I disconnected the AC adapter by unplugging it from the power strip while leaving the other end connected to the cradle.

I put the PDA in the cradle and it didn't turn on automatically. I thought, fine, perhaps it only does that when it's being charged. But when I tried to turn it on by pressing the "on" button, nothing happened. I took it out of the cradle, pressed the power button again -- still nothing. Pressed the reset button -- no dice. Plugged the AC adaptor into the power strip again, put the PDA back into the cradle -- nada. At least the LED at the top turned orange which looked as if it was charging.

Maybe putting it into the cradle without an AC adaptor connected drained its battery? Sounds weird, but who knows. So I left it in overnight.

This morning, the LED was green, indicating that it was now fully charged, so I tried the button again: no reaction.

I wonder whether it's just the screen or whether the entire device kicked the bucket. But I didn't hear any sounds, either. *sigh*

I'm not sure whether I can afford a repair right now or even whether it would be cheaper than a new PDA; I doubt it's still covered by warranty. Maybe I'll just have to live without my new toy.

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Today is Not My Day.

First my PDA still wouldn't show an sign of life even though it was fully charged. Then I couldn't motivate myself to leave the house until two hours later than I should have. When I arrived at work, I saw the remains of a breakfast buffet kindly provided by three co-workers who had had birthdays more or less recently -- and a co-worker from my office told me, "You really missed something; today was the best breakfast buffet I've had so far since I've been in this company." Argh. (Though at least there was still food left, even if the best bits were probably long gone.) And I don't know what exactly I'm going to be doing today.

On a lighter note, I'm glad I don't feel like this every day.