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Old Yesterday, 10:13 AM   #1
Kobotomised
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Device: Kobo Libra 2
Help diagnose a Libra 2?

Hi folks, this is my first time working on a Libra 2. It's physically in excellent condition, but it's stuck like this. I can see the firmware update logo and the homepage overlaid. There is a black line but there is no physical damage apparent to the screen.

I've plugged it in to a 45w charger for a couple of hours, no reaction.

When plugged into a Windows PC, I get the USB connection noise but nothing mounts.

Holding the power button, or the power+lower page turn button (as pictured) for 5-10 seconds results in the white LED lighting up for a second and then going out.

Holding the power+upper page button for 10-15 seconds turns on the LED for about 25 seconds, it then blinks once and goes out.

No reaction at all from the screen to anything I have done so far.

I opened it and everything looks to be as it should be. The waterproofing is in place, it's clean and there's no physical damage I can see, or evidence of water or dirt.

I carefully extracted the microSD card. When inserted in a card reader, it does not show the Kobo Reader partition. I did a straight duplication of it with WinImage and got an apparent "good" image that does have the partition - however with that card in, there's no difference in behaviour.

I also tried to download the latest firmware update from pgaskin's site and extracted it to the .kobo folder - still nothing has changed.

Any ideas what component has failed or how I can test further?

Thanks
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