"Iggy" the Pleo may be beyond fixing. Here is what I know:
Via Serial/USB cable I get: LL SHUTDOWN: TEMPERATURE 79! or LL SHUTDOWN TEMPERATURE 80! and it shuts down.
I get this whether I use the original battery, a Ucube battery, or directly attached to a lab/bench power supply.
I've cleaned terminals, confirmed battery voltage and capacity, etc.. The thermistor on the battery pack is reading 11.4k at room temp.
While using a lab/bench power supply at 7.4 volts: I have attached (and confirmed good connection) or a 10k resistor from the negative battery terminal to the thermistor terminal. But the thing that has me wondering is that the normal resistance across these terminals (negative battery to thermistor) is 38 to 41 ohms measured with a Fluke DMM. Ya'll can help me if someone tell me:
On a working Pleo, if you can tell me what the normal resistance is from the negative battery pin to the thermistor pin, it would let me know if this is a normal value.
If it's not, I may have a physical issue inside of Iggy. If your Pleo is laying on it's back, with the head to your right, the negative terminal is on the upper left, the thermistor terminal is on the upper right, and the positive batter terminal is on the lower right.
http://bobthepleo.com/forums/index.php?topic=3975.0Makes me think there is a magic command that can be (very quickly) typed in that turns off this check. I tried the startup.amx listed in that post, but it's not working, probably because Iggy is running Life 2. I can't find that command although I expect it is something about turning off or ignoring Sensor 34 (Battery Temp).
Any thoughts?