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[Bob Vila]

When i went to turn on my calculator after i finished my work in american gov't, it gave me a funny error...

DATA ERROR!    44

Read User's Guide

Confirmed: [EXE]
      OFF : [ESC]

the errors alternate between 44, 40, 64, and 60
when i push ESC' /> the calc turns off, when i push EXE' />, it says...

RESET (CLEAR)
STORAGE MEMORIES?

Yes: [EXE]
No : [ESC]

if i push ESC' /> it goes back to the first error, when i push EXE' /> it says...

CLEARING MEMORY

then it usually goes back to the error page and either repeats the same error, or gives a new one how do i fix this?

(btw, when i was doing this, it said "STORAGE MEMORIES CLEARED!" "PRESS MENU key to continue, and this seems to work, but it did the same thing earlier and now is having problems again, so i still am getting the same errors)

--edit--
nevermind, forget the "btw" comment, i am getting the errors again

[2072]

Go to the constructor menu and make a test of the flash, if it doesn't fix the problem (or if you have FLASH NG) removes ALL batteries and let it rest a whole day, if the problem persists, the only solution is to send it back to Casio...

[Bob Vila]

how do i get to the constructor menu?

[Bija]

shut the calc then press in the same time F6, a+b/c and AC

[Bob Vila]

yep, it says "FLASH NG" does that mean no good or something? and how come it is doing this?

[C@siomax]

this means that it's done for your calc.

[Bob Vila]

so i need to send it to casio?

[2072]

Unfortunately... Ask Crimson but he may have problems with the current hurricane.

[CrimsonCasio]

nah, it missed me that time.

i'll e-mail the topic link to casio and see what they say.

[betoe]

My classpad seems to be death, sorry for being a little offtopic. If my classpad is damaged, bye bye graphing calculators, i had sell my AFX and i dont have money for calculators now and sure that for a looong time. If my classpad have guarantee, anyway i had no bought it here in mexico and i dont have the ticked, and casio mexico sucks.

[PerCasioAdAstra]

my deepest condolances for your near-dead calculator.

However, this is an excellent occasion to underline that these kind of problems never occur if you choose a cfx instead of an afx. Clearly, this has shown us: cfx > afx

[Andy.Davies]

except that betoe is taliking about a classpad, he sold his AFX so therefor:

AFX > Classpad

[octobclrnts]

which still leaves us with one inevitable conclusion:

cfx>classpad

[Bob Vila]

i took the batteries out of my calc, they have been out since this morning, so i will put them in tomorow morning. does anyone think this will work?

[betoe]

Damned energizer, i would like to be on the US to demand them .

Bad experiencies:
1) In my AFX, 13 months ago, i bought the best (expensives) energizer batteries, and about 2 months later, the electrolyte of 1 batterie got out from the battery then harm my AFX serial port. Fortunately I fixed it the last april , and sell my AFX .
2) 1 damned battery is -.3 V, dont know why the minus, i know how to use the multimeter (voltimeter in this case) and put the probes correctly.

Conclusions:
1) My classpad is alive!
2) Energizer sucks.
3) I will buy rechargeable batteries, like PJ.

Advice:
Never sell you calculators, i did it coz it was very bad have that nice AFX full of dust, and that 1000 pesos were very usefulls for me (about 84 USD).

[Bob Vila]

i left the batteries out all day yesterday and plugged them in this morning, but it still wont work . so should i send it to casio?

[2072]

Is the guarantee still working?

[Bob Vila]

i hope so, i just got the calc about a month ago

[huhn_m]

1) I had this on 3 calcs now. I was on all 3 on warranty.

twice I got a new one because the problem was one with the flash
(though I clearly have not overused it!!!).

with the other one (though I though the flash was bad) was nothing bad.
They send it back and said they had done some soldering on some
components and it works for ~2 months now.

I though this might have been caused by the Casio Basic Extender I was
working on the so I abandoned the project though it worked quite well ...

Anyways send it in but remember that a member here reported that Casio
told him his problems would have been caused by "illegal" software on
the calc. It was the problem that a line was missing and he did not reset
the calc. So pelase try NOT to tell them that you installed Non-casio
add ins or they'll simply void your warranty. Though it is CERTAIN that
you can not damage the calc by software.

[2072]

So you should continue your basic extender, there are a lot of people who report that kind of problem on the French forum, it only happen to recent AFX...

[PerCasioAdAstra]

except that betoe is taliking about a classpad, he sold his AFX so therefor:

AFX > Classpad

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Bah, AFX or C.P., they are all the same to me - And probably to all other cfx' freaks out there

[huhn_m]

I find the CP handling quite ... unhandy ...

I tried to solve some simoulatneous equations with the
emu but it would not work ...

[Bob Vila]

check out andy's site www.casiofortissimo.co.nr he has scematics so you can make it yourself, or i think that you can buy one from him

[CrimsonCasio]

if andy's willing we should really set up a way to buy cables via the UCF... we get enough requests for it after all.

[huhn_m]

yeah ... this would be great. We could have our own webshop but
the money goes to the cable makers.

[4nic8]

Nice!! Btw I can make cables for TI calcs...

[octobclrnts]

Maybe the competition will drive the Prices down. We would have a united economy under the UCFUCF (United Calculator Freaks of the Universal Casio Forum). Maybe the next step is to become soverign?

[Andy.Davies]

with an active base of 30 people....?

im not sure how busy i will be, as i have just started uni, so i might not have time to make cables

[CrimsonCasio]

hey, im always up for declaring a soverign state

[Bob Vila]

i called casio this morning (crappy tech support btw) i told them that my calc was giving me errors when i tried to turn it on. the guy wouldnt even let me finish my sentence, let alone tell him what error # i was getting, before he told me i needed to send it in so what do i do?

[CrimsonCasio]

send it in... only thing you can do. I still havent gotten a response (and i think my hotmail is on the fritz)...

[Bob Vila]

so how do i go about that? what do i need to send in with it?

[CrimsonCasio]

did they not tell you? if not call them back, ask, and let me know. if you dont get a satisfactory response I'll go through one of my alternate contacts.

[Bob Vila]

actually, i didnt have enough time for the answering machine to tell me where to send it and stuff, i was late for school

[CrimsonCasio]

ah, then try again
I'll go ahead and try my method once more in the mean time.