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KD8COO · 11-29-2010, 09:46 PM

I've had my PRS-900 for a few months now, but never really used it much. Just had 1 book I loaded on originally (from a Vista machine at work that saw it as a disk drive), but never made it more than a few pages in. I've used it as a notepad a few times, which is pretty cool.

Anyways, I finally decided to put it to REAL use. Loaded the Sony software on my home machine (XP). Downloaded some reference material from pdfplates.com to put on it and started it synching. Well, the Sony software crashed partway through and now the reader won't boot. It's stuck with the swirly double-arrow thing in the middle of the screen. Reset button and power button don't do anything. Periodically it'll randomly restart itself, but goes right back to the same screen.

I've tried the reset sequence, but it seems to depend on holding "reset" and turning the machine on. Unfortunately, it's already on and will not seem to turn off. Should I just wait until the battery dies, plug it in and try to reset at that point? Anyone dealt with this before?

11-29-2010, 09:46 PM	#1
KD8COO Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Sony PRS-900	I think I bricked it, but hoping not... I've had my PRS-900 for a few months now, but never really used it much. Just had 1 book I loaded on originally (from a Vista machine at work that saw it as a disk drive), but never made it more than a few pages in. I've used it as a notepad a few times, which is pretty cool. Anyways, I finally decided to put it to REAL use. Loaded the Sony software on my home machine (XP). Downloaded some reference material from pdfplates.com to put on it and started it synching. Well, the Sony software crashed partway through and now the reader won't boot. It's stuck with the swirly double-arrow thing in the middle of the screen. Reset button and power button don't do anything. Periodically it'll randomly restart itself, but goes right back to the same screen. I've tried the reset sequence, but it seems to depend on holding "reset" and turning the machine on. Unfortunately, it's already on and will not seem to turn off. Should I just wait until the battery dies, plug it in and try to reset at that point? Anyone dealt with this before?