IPAQ 5555 help

I recently bought a Ipaq 5555. It worked fine until yesterday. I am
now getting this error code when turned on. I had to do a "micro"
physical adjustment to the recessed lock tab on the back of the Ipaq to
get it positively lock into the flight cradle. Now this is the message
I get: "Failed to start background reading" (Status=5,
error=102,retcode=0). It no longer will connect to my CAI 302. I've
been to several computer forums with several people having the same
problem, although none had a software fix. Did I break it? I think it's
probably a hardware problem. Anyway, just curious to seek any advice,
thanks...