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phildoc · 02-05-2011, 02:15 AM

I've had my 505 for nearly two years and it has worked flawlessly. Installed PRS Customizer about two weeks after I bought it, and have had no problems...until three weeks ago.

I don't use the Sony software on my PC, just attach the 505 and let it (and the 1 gb SD card I have in the reader) appear as drives on my computer (running XP, service pack 3). SD card has about 360mb of files on it, reader only 25mb. A few weeks ago after transferring several books to the SD card, once I disconnected the 505 from the PC the reader (as usual) began reading the SD card, then abruptly restarted. Start-up proceeded fine, but when it tried to read the card, the same re-start process began again.

If at any point in the restarting process I remove the SD card, the problem disappears -- the reader starts up just fine. I suspected a bad card, so I tried the following (all to no avail):

1. Copy SD card files to PC, reformat card, copy files back onto card, re-insert into reader, re-start.
2. Copy SD card files to different card (1 gb memory memory stick), re-insert, re-start.
3. Remove from SD card (in cache folder) any .xml files, reinsert, restart.
4. Remove "Sony Reader" folder, and "Digital Editions" folders from card, re-insert, re-start. (Just trying to eliminate any reader-generated files).

In each case, the same behavior occurred; the reader would restart (i.e. show the "Reader Starting up..." screen, then after 30 seconds move the Reader Main Menu screen, then try to read the memory card (SD or memory stick) and then restart and begin again).

At this point (about 3 weeks ago) while I was trying all this, the problem stopped and things have been fine until tonight, when it appeared again and won't quit.

This time I grabbed an old 128mb card, copied a four books over to it, and tried that...and it worked just fine (read the card and the books on it). That led me to think some file on my original 1gb card had gotten corrupted, so I removed the card, and copied another 23 books to it, reinserted it...and the restart problem began again. And again, removing the card caused the problem to stop...

None of the books I copied to the new card were books I have downloaded in the past month, so I don't think it's a recently acquired corrupted file.

Suggestions on how to proceed?

Oh, the reader is fully charged (plug-in charger used).

Thanks in advance...

02-05-2011, 02:15 AM	#1
phildoc Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: PRS-505	PRS-505 keeps restarting when reading SD card I've had my 505 for nearly two years and it has worked flawlessly. Installed PRS Customizer about two weeks after I bought it, and have had no problems...until three weeks ago. I don't use the Sony software on my PC, just attach the 505 and let it (and the 1 gb SD card I have in the reader) appear as drives on my computer (running XP, service pack 3). SD card has about 360mb of files on it, reader only 25mb. A few weeks ago after transferring several books to the SD card, once I disconnected the 505 from the PC the reader (as usual) began reading the SD card, then abruptly restarted. Start-up proceeded fine, but when it tried to read the card, the same re-start process began again. If at any point in the restarting process I remove the SD card, the problem disappears -- the reader starts up just fine. I suspected a bad card, so I tried the following (all to no avail): 1. Copy SD card files to PC, reformat card, copy files back onto card, re-insert into reader, re-start. 2. Copy SD card files to different card (1 gb memory memory stick), re-insert, re-start. 3. Remove from SD card (in cache folder) any .xml files, reinsert, restart. 4. Remove "Sony Reader" folder, and "Digital Editions" folders from card, re-insert, re-start. (Just trying to eliminate any reader-generated files). In each case, the same behavior occurred; the reader would restart (i.e. show the "Reader Starting up..." screen, then after 30 seconds move the Reader Main Menu screen, then try to read the memory card (SD or memory stick) and then restart and begin again). At this point (about 3 weeks ago) while I was trying all this, the problem stopped and things have been fine until tonight, when it appeared again and won't quit. This time I grabbed an old 128mb card, copied a four books over to it, and tried that...and it worked just fine (read the card and the books on it). That led me to think some file on my original 1gb card had gotten corrupted, so I removed the card, and copied another 23 books to it, reinserted it...and the restart problem began again. And again, removing the card caused the problem to stop... None of the books I copied to the new card were books I have downloaded in the past month, so I don't think it's a recently acquired corrupted file. Suggestions on how to proceed? Oh, the reader is fully charged (plug-in charger used). Thanks in advance...