Mine does this also. Randomly.
It sounds like a hardware problem. Compaq needs to figure out what it is and fix it.
I haven't had the time to call and complain yet.


> Hi
> I have one Ipaq 3850 since 4 weeks (only!)
> and sometimes, when I turn it on, tha backlight dont
> turns on. Normally if I turn off and I turn on, back
> light turn on, but one day it dont turn on since
> midle hour.
> It seems the same problem .... :-(
> Greats
> Xavi (Spain)
> xcq@acigrup.com
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I have what is called a backlight problem with my ipaq 3870. When I turn it on
> > after more than 6 hours , like in the morning, the backlight never comes on
> and
> > I need to wait about 2 minutes to get it back. No long press of power button
> of
> > soft reseting ever helped. The longer the time it was off, the longer time I
> > have to wait. Talked to come compaq technician and was told it is a common
> > hardware problem. Anybody of you have it?
> >
> > Jucha
> >
> > Email me at jucha@volny.cz
> >
>




Cheers,
-Techmaster