[DrMoze]

Had a strange thing just happen to my 505 Reader. The battery was drained unexpectedly, so I recharged it thru the power jack and it seemed OK. A day later it was dead again, so I recharged again overnight (ac adapter). It seemed to work ok, but it would not shut off (sleep mode) using the power switch. The switch slides properly and doesn't appear broken. I also checked the various menu items and no music is playing or anything (I don't even have any songs loaded on my Reader.)

The Reader still wouldn't shut off, so I went to the utility menu and tried to do a full shutdown that way. The screen turned grayish (low-contrast mode)and an octagon appeared in the middle with an exclamation point. The title bar at the bottom reads "Shutting down..." It's been like this for an hour. Holding the power switch does nothing. The tiny light next to the power switch on top is flashing yellow. Plugging it back into the charger does nothing except turn the tiny light red (with the yellow flash too).

Update: I tried the regular reset (reset button in back and sliding the power switch). No visible resultexcept that the flashing yellow light next to the power switch is now off. I can't do a hard reset because the power on/off switch has no effect. (I'd rather not delete all my books and have to reload them, but I will if I must!)

Any ideas???