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White screen when booting my HP620LX

gregorymarshall Page Icon Posted 2021-06-14 10:54 PM
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Hello, I've had my HP620LX for quite some time and up to now it's helped me a lot as a writing hobbyist without having to use a phone. Today, however, when I got back to re-sync it to my Dell Optiplex GX250 (Windows XP), the screen was completely white and pushing buttons wouldn't do anything. not even the power button.
I tried:
- Pushing the reset button several times, which shows the logo but then gets stuck at the white screen.
- Pulled out the main battery and re-inserted it, which still went to the white screen after boot.

Is there something I can do to fix this problem?



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ax0n Page Icon Posted 2021-06-15 2:43 PM
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Is there a backup coin cell battery in there as well? I don't know the 620 model too well, but it's probably under a panel on the bottom of the unit. Try removing that as well when you remove the 620 from power and battery, too. The only time I've seen white screens on these units:

1) Memory is corrupted e.g. rebooting from Linux or BSD, or resetting after a really bad application crash. This usually results in a FAINT HP logo then a white screen. The fix for me has always been to ensure the backup battery is removed, the unit is unplugged, then remove the main battery for up to 30 seconds. This has usually resolved that issue.
2) Bad screen cable -- but in those cases, I never see anything on the screen, no logo or anything. Sometimes the cable itself is faulty, but usually it just needs to be removed and re-attached firmly from either the screen side or logic board side.
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gregorymarshall Page Icon Posted 2021-06-15 7:21 PM
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I followed your first point and I can judge that it's not the screen cable because I can see the logo and quite clearly.
After re-inserting the main battery with the backup cell removed, I saw the bios screen and logo, but then the screen went black.

I do have a PDF of the 620LX manual handy, and per its "Hard Reset" step, I'm currently waiting 3 minutes before re-inserting both batteries.

If you have any additional tips, don't hesitate to suggest them.
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gregorymarshall Page Icon Posted 2021-06-15 7:30 PM
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Scratch my previous reply. Following the manual's "Hard Reset" step seems to have helped.

- Left both batteries out for 4 minutes
- Reinserted both afterward
- Palmtop successfully booted after connecting power cable
- Now facing Windows CE reset screen.

I think the problem's resolved. thanks for your suggestion.
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WallyB110 Page Icon Posted 2021-10-01 3:46 AM
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Sorry I just saw this thread, I owned a 620LX and yeah ya gotta remove all batteries (I usually waited 5 minutes) and 99% of the time it solved any issues I had with the unit. I had it crash a lot when I first got a Wifi card for it and the driver was not right until an update.

-Walt
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