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Tarana · 02-23-2026, 11:54 AM

Failure of the power slider was what killed two of my 5 kindle 3's so far. I think you may have the same problem and it is the spring attached to the power slider. I was unable to find an appropriate new replacement spring. One guy bought my unusable kindle from me ($5) and replaced the spring with the spring from his screen damaged kindle 3 and that worked.

02-23-2026, 11:54 AM	#3
Tarana Wizard Posts: 4,087 Karma: 38843852 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Minneapolis Device: PWSE, Voyage, K3, HDX, KBasic 7 & 8, Nook Glo3, Echos, Nanos	Failure of the power slider was what killed two of my 5 kindle 3's so far. I think you may have the same problem and it is the spring attached to the power slider. I was unable to find an appropriate new replacement spring. One guy bought my unusable kindle from me ($5) and replaced the spring with the spring from his screen damaged kindle 3 and that worked.