[patthecat]

Hi,

I've been trying to rescue my Kindle 3 for a few days now and fear it is dead but would appreciate some thoughts.

My Kindle has been working fine until I picked it up one night and the screen was completely blank. I assumed the battery was flat so charged it over night but the screen remained blank and would not power on as normal.

I have tried holding the slider for 50 seconds to hard reset it many times. I have tried to recharge it. The yellow light comes on for about 10 seconds and then goes out. I have tried a pc/usb charger and a kindle wall charger.

I then removed the battery, pressed the power slider to discharge any residual and reinstalled the battery. The green light comes on for about 10 seconds and tthen goes out again. I tried a hard reset again with no joy.

I tested the battery and it appears to be holding the expected charge.

I have tried to use Kubrick but the Kindle doesn't appear to enter USB download mode and hence Kubrick doesn't detect it. In fact when the kindle is connected to Windows it is never decognised in anyway as a new attached device.

I think it may be dead but would appreciate any thoughts.

Many thanks