| Author | Comment |
Invictious
Probe
Posted: 10 Apr 2006
20:56 GMT
Total Posts: 3 | I have a TI-84 Plus Graphing Calculator, yesterday I tried to update my OS version from 2.21 to 2.40.
When the OS was being updated, suddenly it said error, and the USB device is not recognized anymore and cannot be used.
I have tried replugging it in several times, and it doesn't work. Now my calculator is stuck in this state with the message:
Waiting...
Please install operating system now.
So I cannot RAM clear or clear everything. This is really urgent and I really need your guys help. |
ryantmer
Wraith
Posted: 10 Apr 2006
21:14 GMT
Total Posts: 692 | You could try pulling a battery, if that becomes necessary. |
Invictious
Probe
Posted: 10 Apr 2006
21:26 GMT
Total Posts: 3 | I tried pulling all batteries and even the silver oxide battery!
Can this be caused by low batteries? Or is my calculator toast already, it is stuck in a status of updating OS, so theoretically I have half an OS, which I cannot get out of |
ryantmer
Wraith
Posted: 11 Apr 2006
14:57 GMT
Total Posts: 692 | Whoa. Wait, you mean when you pull all the batteries it still says that on the screen? But the fact that you only have half on OS on it can definitely screw things up. I've got an mp3 player with half an OS, and a hard drive with part of Windows 98 on it, and they are both garbage. Sorry, but if this is the case, chances are, it's screwed. |
jessef
Goliath
Posted: 11 Apr 2006
15:49 GMT
Total Posts: 192 | check the FAQ I think that their is something that you can do. hopefully TI took into account that it is possible for a battery powered device to die during an os transfer. ryantmer, why can't you wipe your HD and put a new os on it?
[Edited by jessef on 12-Apr-06 00:52] |
ryantmer
Wraith
Posted: 11 Apr 2006
18:27 GMT
Total Posts: 692 | I've tried running right from the CD by setting up the BIOS, but it ignores the CD... stupid Microsoft...
Actually, upon thinking about this a bit more, I actually have two like this, one of which needs a product key that I don't have, and the other one is just toast because it was out of the case when I was doing this and I bumped it. Stupid, I know, but it was only a 4GB from about 8 years ago anyway. |
Invictious
Probe
Posted: 12 Apr 2006
03:09 GMT
Total Posts: 3 | Really, thanks for all your help i fixed it, i replaced the batteried, and I am back with 2.21. |
ejg930
Probe
Posted: 21 Apr 2006
19:24 GMT
Total Posts: 1 | I had the exact same problem occur.
The problem was that your computer may have gone into sleep mode, and that interrupted the download. You could have just restarted the download using the OS downloader ant it should have worked.
[Edited by ejg930 on 22-Apr-06 04:24] |
smb130
Probe
Posted: 18 May 2006
17:18 GMT
Total Posts: 1 | yeah same to kinda but i'm still trying to fix it i have access denied message or somthing how do you fix that
:img25: |
4ce_labs
Dragoon
Posted: 19 May 2006
10:49 GMT
Total Posts: 70 | if you are using TI|connect
find your "program files" then "ti education" then "ticonnect"
then in one of the folders is "TI OS DOWNLOADER"
pull out your battries then replace them,
then start the download:
if it still dos't work invalid OS! |
ryantmer
Wraith
Posted: 19 May 2006
15:23 GMT
Total Posts: 692 | WOAH, hold on now!
smb130: I'm assuming that you mean you get an "Access denied" message when you try to send something to your calc? Generally, an "Access denied" message can be fixed by unplugging the calc, rebooting your computer and then trying again. No need to reinstall your OS... |
