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Originally Posted by willyu34
Hi porkupan, thanks for trying to help.
I have tried both soft reset and hard rest and the reader does not respond to it.
the reader does not show up as usb device because I think it's stuck in the booting process.
Pretty hopeless right now. sigh. 
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I feel your pain...

Perhaps someone could send you the files for a diagnostic card?...I would do it myself but I don't know how to make one.
I think the risk of permanently bricking your reader when flashing your own images is too great unless you really know what you are doing:
Only use unix to create new images.
Be prepared to take the risk of your reader being permanently bricked.