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OK thanks Billi, will do. I had a ten minute look before posting, but there's so much good info on here I'll look again tomorrow.
Pity, as even tho it's 3 years old, it's a wonderful reader (or was!)

edit:
I've now done a full format on the Gen3 and restored the original files that came with it. It booted OK and came up that it couldn't find any books.
Added four books to the eBooks folder it had created when booting, and when I turned it on we're back to the cycling three full stops screen.

And now it doesn't show up on my PC either when I plug it in, and carries on cycling that screen, tho the little light changes to charging.