TI-86 Help

[f1br0pt1kl]

Ok, I need to pull out my TI-86, cause we are doing "The Mole" in Chemistry. My Explorer Plus doesn't cut it.

However, it hasn't been powered in years, and I want to get normal values reset, cause it has this weird funny background. It was fine when I used it awhile back though.

Any ideas?

 

[blurredvision]

Haven't never used one, but is there a reset button on the back somewhere, you know, like the ones you have to have a pin or something to push in??

 

[Prodigy^]

on my TI-89 there's a complete reset in one of the menu's.....I'd check the manual

 

[iamwiz82]

it should be in mem function, on the lower right hand side of the pad.

 

[Pretender]

I thought removing all the batteries resets most, if not all, TI calculators.

 

[iamwiz82]

no, unless you take out the RAM battery, which could be hidden, depending on the model.

 

[f1br0pt1kl]

It was the contrast

I feel like an idiot.

 

[OutlawWolf]

If you want to reset to default. Do this:

[2nd][3]
[F3] to Reset
[F1] to Reset All
[F4] to Confirm

That's it.

 

[DataFly]

If that doesn't work you can also do a hardware reset, which is what TI Tech Support told me to do after I spilled on mine.

Take all of the batteries out, including the backup, and push the [ON] button 10 times. Then replace all the batteries and turn it on.

I'm not exactly sure how this works with no power (tiny built in battery, perhaps?), though. I just took his word for it.