OK so I have had vantage from 02 through 09, still have it but screen has small bleeds, should have got new one off mouser when they had 75, now can't find new Seiko screen.
Anywho, bought Vantage pro in 09 and have been thrilled with it for years,,,, till last fall coworker unhung it from under car, sat on leg of lift, the o e that shakes cause cables need adjusted!
So it falls, won't boot or anything, pull battery pack and one of three terminals loose/out of place.
Soooo tore it down, reinstalled terminal, slipped in battery and it booted, but filed to see cf.
So After monkeyi g with it got it to do cold boot like it was reloading from repair sector like laptop.
Well at first was OK but continually got worse.
Had my solus ultra stolen but shop owner helped me buy used verdict.
Awesome so far so good with 13.4 which kept me from loyalty fee but finances failed. Ultra was on 13.2
Anyway had to send in vantage pro, drum roll $853 for new mobo.
Then found out scope meter for verdict won't charge battery. Gonna try new /rebuilt one then maybe send THAT scope in for service.
But gotta get vantage pro back.
Then when it comes back figure battery will be hammered, and still need to buy new wall wort, found out verdict needs laptop psu not vantage pro/solus pro wall wort.....
So if you have failure to read cf card it might be expensive.
Been debating on selling my mt2400, as vantage pro so far he been flawless and till broke did everything perfectly, but did need updated.
Anywho, bought Vantage pro in 09 and have been thrilled with it for years,,,, till last fall coworker unhung it from under car, sat on leg of lift, the o e that shakes cause cables need adjusted!
So it falls, won't boot or anything, pull battery pack and one of three terminals loose/out of place.
Soooo tore it down, reinstalled terminal, slipped in battery and it booted, but filed to see cf.
So After monkeyi g with it got it to do cold boot like it was reloading from repair sector like laptop.
Well at first was OK but continually got worse.
Had my solus ultra stolen but shop owner helped me buy used verdict.
Awesome so far so good with 13.4 which kept me from loyalty fee but finances failed. Ultra was on 13.2
Anyway had to send in vantage pro, drum roll $853 for new mobo.
Then found out scope meter for verdict won't charge battery. Gonna try new /rebuilt one then maybe send THAT scope in for service.
But gotta get vantage pro back.
Then when it comes back figure battery will be hammered, and still need to buy new wall wort, found out verdict needs laptop psu not vantage pro/solus pro wall wort.....
So if you have failure to read cf card it might be expensive.
Been debating on selling my mt2400, as vantage pro so far he been flawless and till broke did everything perfectly, but did need updated.
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