Zire 71 powers up in cradle but turns off out of cradle

are you tring to to sync the pda with the laptop?

You can get a manual here:

www.palm.com/us/support/handbooks/zire71/zire71_hb_ENG.pdf

Hello there,

If your palm zire 71 is still under warranty, I would suggest to bring it to the authorized service center for assistance as opening your Palm may revoke the warranty. But if it is already out of warranty, below is the link that could guide you and which includes illustration on how to do it correctly.

http://www.pdainternalbattery.com/zire71install.html

Hope this helps. Goodluck!

Confirm that both the cradle and the PDA ports are clean and free of dust or dirty.

Also, check your AC wall adapter to confirm that is working. The output should be +5.0 volts DC. Any repair shop has a multimeter need it to check it in no time.

If everything appears is OK, then confirm the PDA is properly placed in the cradle, and that the PDA is not loose on the cradle, indicating that the port contacts are not touching.

Best regards,

looks like it's completely gone, hope you kept backups.

was the data stored on the SD-Card, if so try putting the sd-card in a computer/card reader.

You are right
there is a component on the main board of your PDA
that is most likely fried
power from the PC chord will go to the PDA
but when you unplug it the machine will look to the battery for power
and the electricity will convert to heat at the point of that fried component
on the more thin Palm models you can feel it without taking the case off

and it will "forget" any new information you input due to the type of memory it uses

hi ive got a midland 3001 and i carnt find any one to speek to ?

All of the instructions (there are a few different ones, getting started, user guide, etc) can be viewed / downloaded here, directly from Palm:

http://kb.palm.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE?New,kb=PalmSupportKB,CASE=obj(20198),ts=Palm_External2001#zire71

You can try to leave it for a few hours then charge it again. Or you can replace the batteries. I also have the same problem but after the reset, everything worked fine