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alexg · 01-11-2009, 01:13 PM

I've tried this update with 1.1.00.18040 and the unit seems to freeze after connecting to USB. Seems to happen consistently.

update: here's what happened to me...

after using PRSCustomizer I was getting lockups when connecting to USB. I could still see the windows drives, but in Sony's software instead of reader it would come up as "Error" and nothing else I could do. Firmware updater wasn't seeing the device either.

To fix this, I downloaded 1.1 Firmware from http://www.prscustomizer.com/, put it on the SD card with the rest of the files from "sdcard" folder and renamed it to "new_opt.img".

Rebooted, pressed 4, then 6 as per manual and restored the firmware to original. After that everything went back to normal, USB worked, etc.

update: seems like i'm out of luck... tried a few more times from clean 1.1.00.18040 and same result - freezes when connecting to USB.

01-11-2009, 01:13 PM	#502
alexg Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: sony 505	I've tried this update with 1.1.00.18040 and the unit seems to freeze after connecting to USB. Seems to happen consistently. update: here's what happened to me... after using PRSCustomizer I was getting lockups when connecting to USB. I could still see the windows drives, but in Sony's software instead of reader it would come up as "Error" and nothing else I could do. Firmware updater wasn't seeing the device either. To fix this, I downloaded 1.1 Firmware from http://www.prscustomizer.com/, put it on the SD card with the rest of the files from "sdcard" folder and renamed it to "new_opt.img". Rebooted, pressed 4, then 6 as per manual and restored the firmware to original. After that everything went back to normal, USB worked, etc. update: seems like i'm out of luck... tried a few more times from clean 1.1.00.18040 and same result - freezes when connecting to USB. Last edited by alexg; 01-11-2009 at 03:07 PM.