RAM CARD BATTERY LOW

When the HP 95LX is off, the RAM Card battery keeps the RAM Card files alive. When the 95LX is on, it powers the card via its AA batteries or AC Adapter.

Unfortunately, the warning system on the 95LX is not an early one. Therefore, if the RAM Card battery is weak and the HP turns off through normal timeout or from pressing the OFF key, all of the files on your RAM Card may be lost. This is my advice:

1. 1. If you see the RAM Card low battery warning, do not remove the card until you have backed up all of your files.
2. 2. If you see the RAM Card low battery warning, keep the 95LX on by hitting a key every couple of minutes. Plug the 95LX in if you can. Do not remove the AA batteries with a bad RAM Card battery as this will eliminate your files. The 95LX backup battery does not support the RAM Card.
3. 3. Change RAM Card batteries every 8 months. (They are inexpensive and probably available at your local Radio Shack.) Remind yourself by setting an appointment in the APPT application.
4. 4. Download TIMOUT.ZIP *, Ted Dicken's utility from the CompuServe HPSYS forum, section 14 and keep it on your HP 95LX C drive. If you ever get the RAM Card, low battery warning, immediately run the TIMOUT program and set the timeout to 0 seconds. This will keep the 95LX on until you can change the RAM Card battery.

CompuServe ID: [71551,467]

(with help from) Andy Fu

President, ACE technologies