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Coreman · 11-12-2011, 01:36 AM

My 2 year old PRS-600 has a blank screen with horizontal lines. I've done the following:

1. Fully charge and soft reset (using reset button): No effect, done multiple times. Pressed soft reset for 1 sec several times and then held for ~10 secs for several times.

2. Leave player on for a week to drain battery and then full recharge from wall charger, followed by soft reset: No effect, did it one time

3. Full charge with hard reset (holding left/+ buttons) after restarting the reader: No effect, flashing yellow light tells me it is booting but screen doesn't change. Did this numerous times, including holding the buttons for more than a minute each time.

4. Reader is recognized by Reader Library software and I can open/explore the reader but the screen doesn't change, still blank with horizontal lines in bottom half.

5. Open reader up and disconnected battery for 1 hour then reconnected: No effect, screen didn't change.

6. Disconnected the screen connector cable and reconnected: No effect; did it once

7. Sent email to Sony solutions: No effect, no response.

8. I live in China and they have discontinued sales of all Sony ereaders in Beijing area in favor of the Sony tablet, which I don't want so I am unable to find local replacement.

Any other suggestions on how to reboot my reader that causes the screen to refresh and maybe display properly?

Thanks in advance...I used my reader everyday on my 2 hr commute so I am really in the dumps over this.

11-12-2011, 01:36 AM	#1
Coreman Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Beijing, China Device: PRS-600	Blank Screen with Horizontal Lines My 2 year old PRS-600 has a blank screen with horizontal lines. I've done the following: 1. Fully charge and soft reset (using reset button): No effect, done multiple times. Pressed soft reset for 1 sec several times and then held for ~10 secs for several times. 2. Leave player on for a week to drain battery and then full recharge from wall charger, followed by soft reset: No effect, did it one time 3. Full charge with hard reset (holding left/+ buttons) after restarting the reader: No effect, flashing yellow light tells me it is booting but screen doesn't change. Did this numerous times, including holding the buttons for more than a minute each time. 4. Reader is recognized by Reader Library software and I can open/explore the reader but the screen doesn't change, still blank with horizontal lines in bottom half. 5. Open reader up and disconnected battery for 1 hour then reconnected: No effect, screen didn't change. 6. Disconnected the screen connector cable and reconnected: No effect; did it once 7. Sent email to Sony solutions: No effect, no response. 8. I live in China and they have discontinued sales of all Sony ereaders in Beijing area in favor of the Sony tablet, which I don't want so I am unable to find local replacement. Any other suggestions on how to reboot my reader that causes the screen to refresh and maybe display properly? Thanks in advance...I used my reader everyday on my 2 hr commute so I am really in the dumps over this.