X5 - Death - Just blue dell's screen

[maciek m.]

One day my axim x5 has displayed "storage memory is critical low..." and it has been freeze (suspended). Hard reset and soft reset have not helped. After that blue screen appeared only (with the dell's logo) and nothing more.

I have decided on write a new rom (P25_NK_H_07170300EN.IMG) to the flash memory. Main battery charged, backup battery taked out. I have used my CF card and key-combo to start bootloader. File has identified and process has began. The messages was shown on the screen. Everything was well. "Flash erase. OK" , "Copy... OK". And it has been started "Flash Write WWWW.....W" and suddenly STOPS. No progress even after hours. No messages on the screen.

Nothing. Then, as I make reset (hard or soft) blue screen appears only. I repeated many time those procedure. Has no effect.

I wait for advices.

[Drifter]

If you have a 400Mhz X5 then you are doing everything correctly, if a 300Mhz, the you use the wrong file

Try copying the ROM file to the CF card again. If it is an internet downloaded file, then make a new download incase the file has become corrupted

Make sure the external charger is plugged in and that the upgrade file is the only file on the CF card. Remove any SD cards.

If all this fails, then I am afraid the axim has reached the end of its life as it would seem to have a component failure

[Cakes]

Flash to the A04 Rom before you flash to the A05 Rom..

If you try to flash straight to the A05 from A03 you will get the blue screen - no matter how many times you try to reflash it!

Cheers

#Cakes