Psion netBook Pro Documentation
Psion Teklogix's own documentation for the Psion netBook Pro. This is the best-documented machine in the Psion range covered on this wiki — Psion Teklogix published a proper user manual with a troubleshooting chapter and full specifications, and revised it twice.
No service manual, spare parts list or exploded diagram survives for the netBook Pro any more than for its EPOC predecessors.
The user manual
172 pages, P/N 8100012 Rev C, 27 May 2004. Carries the battery calibration behaviour and the four conditions that reset the fuel gauge, the cumulative power-scheme timeouts, the soft and hard reset procedures, the troubleshooting chapter and the full specification.[1]
Download: Psion netBook Pro User Manual (Rev C).pdf
A note on revisions. The earlier Rev A of 10 October 2003 (152 pages) quotes the battery life as 8 to 14 hours; Rev C revises that down to 8 to 11 hours. Both are Psion Teklogix's own figures for the same machine, and the pages on this wiki use the later one.[1]
The quick start guide
92 pages, P/N 8100010.D, 4 April 2005 — the last revision. Covers battery calibration, the backup batteries, the memory card slots, screen care and the temperature limits.[2]
Download: Psion netBook Pro Quick Start Guide (Rev D).pdf
The specification sheet
Two pages, document code NBPRO 05/05. Worth having alongside the manual because the two disagree:
| Item | Specification sheet | User manual |
|---|---|---|
| Display | "SVGA (800x600) TFT transmissive display with CCFL backlight" | "800 X 600 pixels 16-bit colour display with backlight" |
| Weight | 2.4 lb / 1100 g | "1100 g / 2.95 lb" — internally inconsistent; 1100 g is 2.43 lb |
| Humidity | 5–93 % RH at 40 °C | 0–93 % at 40 °C |
| Temperature shock | ±10 °C over 5 minutes | not stated |
The display line matters for repair: CCFL means there is an inverter, and it explains the faint buzz some machines make at certain brightness settings.[3]
Download: Psion netBook Pro Specification Sheet.pdf
BooSt supervisor mode
A one-page note on entering BooSt supervisor mode, used for advanced configuration and boot options — the route to reflashing a machine whose Windows CE installation is damaged.[4]
Download: Psion netBook Pro BooSt Supervisor Mode.pdf
The last released Windows CE 4.20 ROM image is not hosted here, but survives at vigay.com.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Psion Teklogix, netBook Pro User Manual, P/N 8100012 Rev C, 27 May 2004, 172 pages, hosted at File:Psion netBook Pro User Manual (Rev C).pdf. Also Rev A of 10 October 2003, 152 pages, for the earlier 8-to-14-hour battery-life figure.
- ↑ Psion Teklogix, netBook Pro Quick Start Guide, P/N 8100010.D, 4 April 2005, 92 pages, hosted at File:Psion netBook Pro Quick Start Guide (Rev D).pdf.
- ↑ Psion Teklogix, netBook Pro specification sheet, document code NBPRO 05/05, two pages, hosted at File:Psion netBook Pro Specification Sheet.pdf. Source for the CCFL-backlit SVGA transmissive TFT description, the 2.4 lb / 1100 g weight, the 5–93 % RH humidity range and the ±10 °C over 5 minutes temperature-shock figure, each of which differs from the user manual as tabulated above.
- ↑ netBook Pro BooSt supervisor mode, one page, hosted at File:Psion netBook Pro BooSt Supervisor Mode.pdf.