Thread: Cybook won't finish Booting
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Old 01-16-2008, 01:41 PM   #2
delphidb96
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Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V
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Originally Posted by jayne80 View Post
Sunday morning it was working fine, sunday evening i added a new mobi book to the SD card, replaced the card in the slot, booted up the cybook, it froze on the libary screen, half the pictures came up then it stoped responding. i left it for a minute, nothing happened so i reset it.

now all is does is first screen, second screen, led flash, second screen, led flash, second screen. It continues to go round and round in a loop until I press the reset button. i've tried it with the SD card in, with the SD card out, if the card is in the time between the flashes is longer. I have fully charged it, and it even does the flashing thing when connected to the computer.

i emailed Bookeen Monday, i've had nothing back from them, i've emailed them again tonight.

Any sugestions?
First, are you using a 4GB card and have you, by chance, exceeded 2GB in files on it? (Yes, one *can* use a 4GB card, but only to hold <2GB of ebooks/files.)

Second, did you, by chance, pull the card out while *in* an ebook? Not necessarily an ebook on the SD card, just in an ebook? If so, you'll definitely need to reset the Cybook.

Third, did you happen to pull the SD card out of the slot *while* the Cybook was either booting or just after you had given it a command to return to the Library - but before it had completed the transition to the Library? Again, a big no-no! You'll have to reset the Cybook - and possibly take the ebook off the SD before re-inserting it.

Fourth... Has anyone noticed the rank instability of the Cybook when dealing with changes to the files on the SD card???

Also, don't forget that if you created the ebook using BD or MobiCreator, if you embedded a *large* image file as the cover image, it *WILL* mess the Cybook when it attempts to create a thumbnail image. Pretty much the same boot, re-boot, re-boot cycle you're currently getting. Small Cover Images Good, Large Cover Images Bad!

Derek
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