Casio A-11

I know there is an update to help this unit with battery life and PCMCIA cards. I cant seem to find it, could anyone help as im trying to use a PCMCIA>CF adaptor and its sucking my battery life down in less than an hour.

-Walt B

Also my HP360LX suddenly gets NO battery life. I mean maybe 7 hours ? If that. Ive tried different types of batteries etc and nothing seems to work right. Is there a patch for this unit as well ? Im using a CF>SD adaptor in it and i was curious if using a PCMCIA to CF might get better battery life ?

If you haven't already for the A11 and 360LX:
All Windows CE 2.0 H/PCs must have the following done
Install
https://www.hpcfactor.com/support/cesd/200228/windows_ce_20_service_pack_1/
then soft reset
Install
https://www.hpcfactor.com/support/cesd/200229/network_service_pack_nsp_for_windows_ce_20/
^Above is theoretically optional if you're not using network

then soft reset again

OK. THank you so much !. I knew there was a fix but i had no memory of how i fixed it back in the 90s when i originally owned one. Do i need to connect it to a PC to do this ? Or can i run the .CAB file on my actual unit ? And then soft reset.

Edited by WallyB110 2024-01-28 8:16 PM

You can copy both update CAB files to the CF card and they should be able to be installed on device.
Let us know if it works!

Im waiting on a new USB C card reader as my old one bit the dust. So once i get that, i can install that on both units. Thanks so much, ill def respond with my results. :-)

No worries! I hope everything works.

In the meantime if you have a serial cable / infrared and a machine running windows 95-XP you can also try syncing with active sync for the service packs. Otherwise yeah the cf card method with cabs should work too

Well i was able to do it with my SD card into CF adaptor on the 360LX. Still waiting on PCMCIA reader and adaptor for the Casio. But it installed correctly 100%. Hopefully this helps with my battery consumption. I know these last longer then what ive been getting and as i said ive tried lots of different batteries with no change in result. :-(

But we shall see, a fresh set of batteries is in it and fingers crossed this worked.


I will update you guys on the Casio once i get the CF>PCMCIA adaptor.

THANK YOU!!!

Also one more question. I got some recharable Alkaline batteries and i have what they say is an Alkaline charger for it, but after 10 hours the batteries are still not charged and are very warm. Ive tried a few different chargers as well. Anyone know where i can find the right charger ?

Because i have 8 of these AA rechargeable Alkaline's but no way of charging them (at least to my knowledge, i wouldnt think the batteries would get that warm and not be charged. Or maybe rechargeable Alkaline's take a lot of time to charge ?

If anyone has experience please do let me and many thanks again.

To be perfectly honest I don’t have any experience but just to clarify for someone else to answer:
Are you trying to charge them with them inside the windows ce handheld or are you charging them outside of the device with one of those external chargers ?

I have had great experience with the Panasonic Eneloop rechargable batteries and the matching charger.

I don't know if the Panasonic charger is sold in the USA but the one I purchased from Japan was 100-220v. BQ-CC21 (that is about a decade old).

Also about the CF/SD card make sure you have it formatted to the correct cluster size for optimum compatibility with CE2.0

Here’s some articles for you

https://www.hpcfactor.com/support/cesd/200061/compact_flash_cf_cards_and_handheld_pcs/
https://www.hpcfactor.com/support/cesd/200205/maximum_supported_memory_card_file_sizes_under_windows_ce/

For CE 2.0 it needs to be 2Gb or smaller total size fat 16 file system with 32kb maximum cluster size

NO i am using a separate charger that says its for these batteries.

Im using a 512mb SD card that is formatted correctly like you mentioned. The card works etc, its just weird the battery life is this low. Im wondering if i got a bad cap somewhere. But i didnt have the SP1 cab. I did install it on kmy 360LX like i mentioned.

But ive tried rechargable Ni-Cad, Nimh. (Like they recommend in the manual.)
Alkaline (standards), Alkaline rechargables, LION non rechargables. And the unit seems to not last 3-4 hours :-(.
Im speaking of my 360LX. I use to get a week out of this and now its a day 1/2 or so. But the SD to CF adaptor i have which now that im thinking of it, is a WIFI, SD to CF adaptor. So that is killing my battery if the wifi is indeed automatically running.

So now that i think of it, i need to try popping just a standard CF card in and see what the battery life is. DOH!

I just need to wait for my PCMCIA adaptor to try this as well on the A-11. But the A-11 has NO cards in it as of now. Its getting much better battery life than the 360LX. For sure.

Well thanks yall. Now i think i discovered whats making the 360LX battery short. Combo of i didnt have SP1 cab installed and im using a wifi/SD to CF adaptor. I bet the wifi is killing the battery life for sure. But with out you all, id have been stumped on this for awhile hahah.

OK as i said i was able to get the SP1 update to work on my 360LX. I figured i could send the .cab file to my Compaw thru irda. So i got the file on the Casio A-11 and it says "Its not a valid windows CE service setup file. But it worked on my HP360 LX no prob... Help