Thread: PRS-505 More Bricked Problems
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Old 03-26-2011, 10:45 PM   #11
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Device: hp iPAQ 4700/Fictionwise reader/Sony 505
Mark, I AM using the firmware-updater in the manner you suggest. I have gotten the firmware updated but can't get the reader to start. The unit is recognized as something, but not anything that I can use. The Sony software shows "error" when I connect the reader and does not indicate a reader is there at all. Calibre does not recognize it. In Windows Explorer, the device shows up as a storage device with one file that says "Protected!!" I can't format the device because the file on it is running and if I stop it, the computer no longer recognizes the reader at all. We have had 2 505s for over 5 years and never have had this much trouble with either one before! I am hoping that there IS something simple that I have overlooked and one of you helpful forum friends could point it out to me and go, "Well, there's your problem!"
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